Cessna A-37A N3757Z

Summary

On 25 September 1986 at about 23:10 local time, a Cessna A-37A registered N3757Z, operated by Thunderbird Aviation Inc., was involved in an accident near Yantley, Alabama, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

25 September 1986 at 23:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Yantley, Alabama, United States

Coordinates

32.1604, -88.2798

Aircraft

Cessna A-37A

Registration

N3757Z

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Thunderbird Aviation Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Ferry

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Troy → Addison

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL86FA265

1 person died.

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

THE PLT HAD JUST PURCHASED THE ACFT WHICH HAD AN EXPERIMENTAL AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE. DURING A PREFLT WX BRIEFING, HE WAS ADVISED OF TOWERING CUMULUS CLOUDS ALONG HIS ROUTE. AFTER TAKEOFF, HE INITIATED A CLIMB TO FL 240 & LEVELED OFF APRX 10 MIN LATER. AFTER ANOTHER 7 MIN, THE PLT TRANSMITTED 'N3757Z, I'M IN TROUBLE!' SHORTLY THEREAFTER, RADIO & RADAR CONTACT WITH THE ACFT WERE LOST. A MILITARY ACFT WAS DIVERTED TO THE AREA & THE CRASH SITE WAS LOCATED. AN EXAM OF THE WRECKAGE REVEALED THE ACFT HAD IMPACTED IN A STEEP NOSE DOWN, WINGS LEVEL ATTITUDE. NO PREIMPACT PART FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION WAS FND. FLT CREWS OF OTHER ACFT RPRTD THERE WAS HEAVY WX ACTIVITY IN THE VICINITY OF THE ACDNT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.