Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Lexington Municipal Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Lexington, North Carolina 27292
Thursday, October 20, 1994 14:17 EDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER LIFTOFF, THE AIRCRAFT SLAMMED BACK ONTO THE RUNWAY. HE ATTEMPTED TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF, BUT REALIZED THAT THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT RUNWAY REMAINING. HE APPLIED FULL POWER, BUT THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK TREES OFF THE DEPARTURE END AND CRASHED. WITNESSES STATED THAT THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HIS AIRSPEED INDICATOR WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY WHEN HE FLEW INTO THE AIRPORT EARLIER IN THE DAY. A TECHNICIAN, WHO LOOKED AT THE PITOT TUBE, ADVISED THE PILOT TO HAVE IT REPAIRED BEFORE FLIGHT, AS THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT APPEARED TO BE LOGGED IN THE TUBE. THE PILOT BELIEVED THAT SINCE HE HAD FLOWN THE AIRCRAFT TO THE AIRPORT WITH THE PROBLEM, HE WOULD BE ABLE TO FLY OUT WITHOUT HAVING IT REPAIRED.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
THE PILOT'S OPERATION OF THE AIRCRAFT WITH A KNOWN DEFICIENCY (FOREIGN MATERIAL OR PARTICLE IN THE PITOT TUBE), WHICH LED TO A FALSE AIRSPEED INDICATION AND PREMATURE LIFT-OFF OF THE AIRCRAFT DURING TAKEOFF, AND THE PILOT'S IMPROPER REMEDIAL ACTION THAT RESULTED IN A DELAYED ATTEMPT TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 10/20/1994 |
| Event Day of the Week | Thursday |
| Time of Event | 1417 |
| Event Time Zone | Eastern Daylight Time |
| Event City | LEXINGTON |
| Event State | NORTH CAROLINA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 27292 |
| Event Date Year | 1994 |
| Event Date Month | 10 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | LEXINGTON MUNICIPAL |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | EXX |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 1 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 80 |
| Airport Elevation | 726 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1345 Eastern Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 80 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | INT |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 970 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 40 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | EDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 15000 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 4000 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Scattered |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Broken |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 24 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 13 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 270 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 8 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | 1924 |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Fatal |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | 2 |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | 1 |
| Injury Total All | 3 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 1783 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Oct 20 1994 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1450 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | IMAGE |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 6 2000 12:25PM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N26966 |
| NTSB Number | ATL95FA005 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Destroyed |
| Aircraft Fire | Ground |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | GULFSTREAM AMERICAN |
| Aircraft Model | AA-5A |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | AA-5A |
| Aircraft Serial Number | AA5A-0847 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 2200 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 4 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | 100 Hour |
| Date of Last Inspection | Jun 18 1993 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 50 |
| Airframe Hours | 500 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | EDWARDS, RONALD L. |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 11 WINOCA DR. |
| Aircraft Owner City | GARDEN CITY |
| Aircraft Owner State | GA |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 31408 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | |
| Operator City | |
| Operator State | |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | |
| Operator Code | |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Personal |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | Yes |
| Departure Airport Code | |
| Departure City | |
| Departure State | |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 1417 |
| Departure Time Zone | EDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | SAV |
| Destination City | SAVANNAH |
| Destination State | GA |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Takeoff |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:34AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 8 |
| Runway Length | 3300 |
| Runway Width | 65 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |