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NYC89LA008

1988-10-09 · WRIGHTSTOWN, New Jersey, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport WRI

Current FAA registration · N666GA

Make / Model
GULFSTREAM AMERICAN AA-5B
Year of manufacture
1979 · 9 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19790405
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A8CB1A

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE PLT SAID THAT THE BATTERY RAN LOW WHILE HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO START HIS ACFT. HE SAID HE HAND-PROPPED THE ENG FOR SEVERAL MINUTES AND WHEN HE BECAME FATIGUED, THE PASSENGER, WHO IS ALSO A PILOT, BEGAN TO HAND PROP THE ENG. WHEN THE PASSENGER TURNED THE PROP TO POSITION IT HORIZONTALLY, THE ENG FIRED AND THE PROP STRUCK THE PASSENGER. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1988_NYC89LA008.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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