Grumman American AA-1C accident near Philadelphia, PA
On May 22, 2008, a Grumman American AA-1C (airplane) was involved in an accident near Philadelphia, PA. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- May 22, 2008
- Place
- Philadelphia, PA
- Aircraft
- Grumman American AA-1C · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 40.087°N, 75.015°W
- NTSB ID
- 20080605X00797
Official records · NYC08FA189
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- ATC Transcript: Transcript (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On May 22, 2008, at 1158 eastern daylight time, a Grumman American AA-1C, N9555U, was substantially damaged when it impacted a parked trailer, shortly after takeoff from Northeast Philadelphia Airport (PNE), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The certificated flight instructor (CFI) and certificated student pilot were killed. The airplane was operated by a flight school and based at PNE. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the local instructional flight which was conducted in accordance with Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. According to air traffic controllers at PNE and recorded voice communications, the accident airplane was in the left traffic pattern for runway 33, practicing touch-and-go landings. There were two other aircraft in line to land after the accident airplane; however, both of these aircraft were in the right traffic pattern. A helicopter was also in position for takeoff at the intersection of taxiways "Gulf" and "Juliet," and the helicopter pilot was instructed to hold his position until the accident airplane landed. As the accident airplane touched down on runway 33, the controller informed the helicopter pilot that the accident airplane would be in a "left downwind departure" and he was cleared for takeoff. As the helicopter departed to the west, and the accident airplane was climbing after landing, the controller instructed, "five five uniform make right traffic." The accident pilots did not acknowledge the instruction, but according to the controllers, the airplane appeared to immediately
Probable cause
The flight instructor's failure to maintain airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
