Grumman AA-1C N39019

Summary

On 15 May 1983 at about 20:10 local time, a Grumman AA-1C registered N39019 was involved in an accident near Kauai, Hawaii, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

15 May 1983 at 20:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Kauai, Hawaii, United States

Coordinates

21.9708, -159.7096

Aircraft

Grumman AA-1C

Registration

N39019

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lihue → Honolulu

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX83LJA07

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE ACFT DESCENDED AT A FLAT ANGLE UNDER POWER INTO TREES AFTER THE ENGINE LOST POWER. THE PILOT TOOK OFF AT 1010 FOR A SIGHTSEEING FLIGHT. THE TEMPERATURE WAS 78 AND THE DEW POINT WAS 65 DEGREES F. AFTER ABOUT 30 MINUTES OF FLIGHT THE PILOT TURNED TO AVOID CLOUDS AND BEGAN TO LOSE ALTITUDE. HE ADDED THROTTLE BUT COULD NOT GET FULL POWER. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO DESCEND WITH BEST CLIMB AIRSPEED AND FULL THROTTLE. MAINTAINING WHAT POWER HE COULD AND A FLAT RATE OF DESCENT THE PILOT FLEW INTO A SLIGHTLY UPWARD SLOPING GROUP OF TREES IN THE MAKAHA VALLEY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.