Grumman AA-1B accident near Chesnee, SC
On April 7, 2009, a Grumman AA-1B (airplane) was involved in an accident near Chesnee, SC. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- April 7, 2009
- Place
- Chesnee, SC
- Aircraft
- Grumman AA-1B · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 35.104°N, 81.957°W
- NTSB ID
- 20090405X75414
Official records · ERA09FA235
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On April 7, 2009, at 1158 eastern daylight time, a Grumman American AA-1B, N8998L, registered to Good Shepherd Community Services, and operated by the certificated airline transport pilot (ATP), crashed into a field in Chesnee, South Carolina. The personal local flight was operated under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 with no flight plan filed. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The ATP pilot was killed and the airplane was substantially damaged. The flight departed Fairview Airport (33A) Landrum, South Carolina, about 1130. According to a witness, he heard a small airplane coming over his house "that was low." He looked for it and watched it as it went over. "It sounded like the engine was running kind of slow, as I watched. As he went over his wings were going side to side. He turned around [and] I watched [as] he headed back toward the house again. His engine went dead [and] he started going down, I knew he was coming down too fast he went out of sight [and] I heard [something] like a car crash." I told [my] wife to call 911. PERSONNEL INFORMATION The pilot, age 64, held an FAA Airline Transport Pilot certificate for airplane single- and multiengine land, last updated on January 26, 1995, and a third-class airman medical certificate issued May 8, 2008, with no limitations. The pilot's logbook was not recovered for examination. On the pilot's most recent medical certificate he reported his total civilian flight hours as 11,420. AIRCRAFT INFORMATION The two-seat, low-wing, fixed gear airplane, serial number (S/N) A
Probable cause
A loss of engine power in flight due to fuel starvation as a result of the pilot's inadequate inflight fuel planning and the pilot's failure to maintain airspeed while descending for a forced landing.
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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.
