- Date
- October 24, 1987, 20:40 local (Oct 25, 1987, 00:40 UTC)
- Place
- Barre, MA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N333FGGulfstream American AA-5B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871024083159A
- Case key
- 36041
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The aircraft was in the traffic pattern when it experienced a power loss. The plt made an off-airport landing in a wooded area. The pilot reported that he was in a slip prior to and at the time of the reported power loss. The FAA reported that the engine tested satisfactorily after the accident and that no problems were found with the engine or airframe. In addition, they reported that the aircraft took off 207 lbs over its maximum allowable takeoff gross weight for a 50 minute flight. Conditions were conducive to carburetor icing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N333FG
- Reported as
- Gulfstream American AA-5B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA5B0909
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4K, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Triple 3 Aviation
- Registered owner
- P. B. Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Farmingdale, NY
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 8B5 · Tanner-Hiller, runway 24, 2,810 × 40 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 97 total · 3 in this make and model · 48 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 190° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ORH, 12 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.