ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 283972
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| Date: | Wednesday 28 September 2022 |
| Time: | 09:00 |
| Type: |  Grumman American AA-5B Tiger |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N74349 |
| MSN: | AA5B-0203 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | SE of Flying Diamond Airpark (6AZ8), Sahuarita, AZ -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Flying Diamond Airport, AZ (6AZ8) |
| Tucson-Ryan Field, AZ (KRYN) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
On September 28, 2022, about 0900 mountain standard time, a Grumman American Aviation AA5B airplane, N74349, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Sahuarita, Arizona. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight.
According to the pilot’s partner, he planned to fly from the Flying Diamond Airport (6AZ8), Sahuarita, Arizona, to Ryan Field Airport (RYN), Tucson, Arizona, to practice touch and go landings and then return to 6AZ8. Automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) data, provided by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), showed that the airplane depart from 6AZ8 about 0830 and travelled to RYN. The airplane made three traffic patterns and then returned to 6AZ8. While on the downwind leg for runway 25, the airplane decelerated to about 59 knots groundspeed, then began to accelerate as it entered the base leg. The airplane’s speed was about 88 knots when it crossed the runway threshold and reduced to about 65 knots when it was mid-field. The last ADS-B data point recorded the airplane about 70 knots near the departure end of the runway.
The airplane came to rest in vegetation covered terrain about 150 feet west of the departure end of runway 25. A postimpact fire consumed most of the fuselage and wings. The top three strands of a barbed wire fence, located at the end of the runway, were fractured. Several bushes and trees between the runway and the wreckage exhibited breaks in the branches.
The airplane was recovered to a secure location for further examination.
Sources:
https://www.abc15.com/news/state/pcsd-one-person-dead-after-plane-crashes-wednesday-near-sahuarita
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/arizona/articles/2022-09-28/small-plane-crashes-near-tucson-unclear-if-pilot-survived
https://eu.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-breaking/2022/09/28/small-plane-crashes-near-tucson-unclear-if-pilot-survived/10455471002/
https://www.kvoa.com/news/breaking-aircraft-crashes-south-of-tucson/article_3e53b9be-3f68-11ed-9ff7-fbba71334899.html
NTSB
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N74349
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N74349/history/20220928/1557Z/6AZ8/6AZ8
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Sep-2022 21:28 | Geno | Added |
| 29-Sep-2022 00:20 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Source, Narrative, Plane category] |
| 29-Sep-2022 12:35 | RobertMB | Updated [Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 07-Oct-2022 03:21 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 07-Oct-2022 03:24 | Captain Adam | Updated [Destination airport] |
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