Grumman AA5-B N74107

Summary

On 24 September 1984 at about 23:30 local time, a Grumman AA5-B registered N74107 was involved in an accident near Luka, Mississippi, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

24 September 1984 at 23:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Luka, Mississippi, United States

Coordinates

34.7998, -88.1893

Aircraft

Grumman AA5-B

Registration

N74107

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Almyra → Gasden

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL84LA293

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

DURING NORMAL CRUISE FLIGHT THE NUMBER ONE CYLINDER EXHAUST VALVE HEAD SEPARATED FROM THE VALVE STEM CAUSING A SIGNIFICANT POWER LOSS. THE PILOT SET UP A LANDING APPROACH TO A FARM FIELD. ON FINAL APPROACH THE PILOT NOTICED THAT ROUGH AND RISING TERRAIN EXISTED IN THE FIELD. DURING A SLIGHT RIGHT TURN AT 10 FT ABOVE THE GROUND THE WING CAUGHTIN SOME WEEDS AND THE ACFT GROUND LOOPED. THE REASON FOR THE EXAUST VALVE HEAD SEPARATION COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.