Grumman American AA-5 N5465L

Summary

On 16 June 1984 at about 23:30 local time, a Grumman American AA-5 registered N5465L was involved in an accident near Hammond, Oregon, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

16 June 1984 at 23:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Hammond, Oregon, United States

Coordinates

46.1708, -123.9695

Aircraft

Grumman American AA-5

Registration

N5465L

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Astoria → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA84FA135

2 people died.

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 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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.