ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 235370
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| Date: | Tuesday 21 April 2020 |
| Time: | 13:45 LT |
| Type: |  Grumman American AA-5B Tiger |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N314JG |
| MSN: | AA5B-0083 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2297 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360-A4K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Cyprus Lakes Airport (GA35), Savannah, GA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Statesboro Municipal Airport, GA (TBR/KTBR) |
| Bloomingdale, GA (GA35) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
According to the pilot, he was returning to his home airport. The accident occurred during the landing attempt; the pilot could not recall the approach or accident sequence due to his injuries. According to a witness who lived near the airport, he heard the airplane and saw it fly over the midfield before it entered the left downwind leg of the traffic pattern for runway 13. He noted that the engine power was "pulled back." A few minutes later, the witness heard an impact. The airplane impacted trees and terrain on the left side of the runway and came to rest about 1,000 ft past the runway's approach end. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage, both wings, and the empennage. A Federal Aviation Administration inspector who examined the wreckage stated that he found no preaccident anomalies with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. According to a report from an airport 10 miles southeast of the accident site, the wind was gusting to 18 knots.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airplane control during landing with a gusting quartering tailwind.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ERA20CA155
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Apr-2020 06:02 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 22-Apr-2020 14:09 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 23-Apr-2020 18:47 | The2ndBaron | Updated [Nature] |
| 26-Mar-2021 14:31 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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