Accident · 1992-10-26

NTSB case ATL93FA016 · GRUMMAN AMERICAN AA-5 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1992-10-26
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: GRUMMAN AMERICAN AA-5 (N8869L)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: TAR HEEL AVIATION INC. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): TAR HEEL AVIATION, INC.

Probable cause

THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO USE CARBURETOR HEAT, WHICH RESULTED IN LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. FACTORS WERE THE CARBURETOR ICING CONDITIONS, AND THE DARK NIGHT LIGHTING CONDITIONS.

Source: NTSB case ATL93FA016

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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