# NTSB SEA84FA135: Grumman American AA-5, N5465L, Hammond, OR, June 16, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: June 16, 1984, 16:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place: Hammond, OR
- Coordinates: 46.170787, -123.969474 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.1708&lon=-123.9695&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 39808
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA84FA135
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39808/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA84FA135

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent
  - maneuver - performed
  - proper altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT WAS SEEN FIRST TO MAKE A TURN TO THE NORTH FOLLOWED BY A TURN TO THE SOUTH. IT THEN WENT INTO A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE AND DESCENDED UNTIL IT DISAPPEARED FROM VIEW. THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH THE TERRAIN. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED NO APPARENT MALFUNCTION WITH EITHER THE ACFT OR THE ENG. TOXICOLOGY TEST RESULTS WERE NEGATIVE. SEVERAL WITNESSES REPORTED THAT THE PLT HAD ON OCCASION PERFORMED AEROBATICS WITH THE ACFT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N5465L (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN AMERICAN AA-5
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: AA50365
- Airframe hours: 1277
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E2C 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Joseph M. & D & D Allen
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, February 3, 1984, 16 hours before
- Departed: ASTORIA, OR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 62; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, expired; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 210 total, 97 in this make and model, 164 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 280° at 15 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 3,800 ft broken
- Temperature: 57 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: AST, 5 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840616026569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840616026569A), Jun 16, 1984: Gulstm AA5, Ft Stevens Stat, OR, Destroyed. Report indicates aircraft stalled and failed to recover while pilot executed maneuvers at a low altitude.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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