Grumman AA-5A N26413

Summary

On 9 April 1984 at about 01:10 local time, a Grumman AA-5A registered N26413 was involved in an accident near Kamuela, Hawaii, United States. 4 people were on board and 4 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

9 April 1984 at 01:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Kamuela, Hawaii, United States

Coordinates

20.0392, -155.7008

Aircraft

Grumman AA-5A

Registration

N26413

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Kona → Hilo

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX84FA251

4 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 WITH 4 OCCUPANTS ON BOARD WAS BEING USED ON A SIGHT-SEEING FLT TO MAUNA LOA VOLCANO. THE PLT WAS IN RADIO CONTACT WITH HILO TOWER FROM 1503 TO 1506 HST. HE INDICATED CONCERN ABOUT THE CLOUDS & DECIDED NOT TO PROCEED TO THE VOLCANO. WHEN THE ACFT FAILED TO RETURN, A SEARCH WAS INITIATED, BUT IT WAS HAMPERED BY RAINS. ON 4/12/84, THE WRECKAGE WAS FOUND ON THE NORTH SLOPE OF MAUNA KEA VOLCANO. AN EXAM REVEALED THE ACFT HAD CRASHED (HDG 320)ON DOWNWARD SLOPING TERRAIN WHILE IN A STEEP DESCENT. THERE WAS VIRTUALLY NO MOVEMENT AFTER IMPACT. THE ACFT WAS ACCORDIONED, 10 FT FROM THE BULKHEAD TO THE EMPENNAGE. NO EVIDENCE OF AN IN-FLT STRUCTURAL FAILURE OR POWER FAILURE WERE FOUND. THE ACFT CLOCK HAD STOPPED AT 3:10.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.