Gulfstream AA-5A N26883

Summary

On 4 August 1984 at about 02:20 local time, a Gulfstream AA-5A registered N26883 was involved in an accident near Wausau, Wisconsin, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

4 August 1984 at 02:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Wausau, Wisconsin, United States

Nearest airport

Wausau Muni (AUW)

Coordinates

44.9604, -89.6398

Aircraft

Gulfstream AA-5A

Registration

N26883

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Oshkosh → Minneapolis

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

CHI84LA329

2 people had minor injuries.

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

DRG A X-COUNTRY FLT AT 4500 FT, ENG BEGAN SPUTTERING. PLT ADUSTED THE MIX; THEN APPLIED CARB HEAT, BUT RPRTDLY FOR ONLY A SHORT TIME. ENG CONTD OPERG, BUT AT REDUCED PWR. ACFT LOST ALT & DSCNDD INTO CLDS, BUT THE PLT WAS ABLE TO LVL AT APRX500' AGL. HE ELECTED TO DIVERT, CALLED WAUSAU (AUW) FSS, DECLARED AN EMERG & RQSTD ASSIST. FSS HAD NO DF EQUIP. THE ACFTWAS TOO LOW FOR RADAR ID & ITS ADF WAS INOP. PLT WAS UNSURE OF HIS PSN, SO THE FSS SPECIALIST (FSSS) TRIED TO ASSIST BY USING VOR ORIENTATION PROCEDURES. AFTER THE PLT TUNED IN THE STEVENS PT (STE) VOR & RPRTD HDG 10 DEG (PRESUMABLY TO THE VOR), THE FSSS ERRONEOUSLY TOLD HIM HE WAS BTN STE & AUW, WHEN ACTUALLY, HE WAS SOUTH OF BOTH VOR'S & CLOSE TO THE STE ARPT. THE FSSS TOLD THE PLT TO FLY TO AUW VOR (N OF STE). AFTER THE ACFT PASSED NORTH OF STE, THE FSSS ID'D ITS PSN NR ALAKE JUST SOUTH OF AUW & TOLD THE PLT TO CONT TO THE VOR. MOMENTS BFR RDO CONTACT WAS LOST, THE PLT RPRTD 011 DEG TO THEVOR STN. THE ACFT HIT TREES NR MTN TOP APRX 7 MI NW OF THE VOR. NO PREIMPACT MECHANICAL PRBLM FND. CARB ICE COND RPRTD.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.