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| Date: | Monday 30 November 2015 |
| Time: | c. 10:30 LT |
| Type: |  Grumman American AA-5B Tiger |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N28295 |
| MSN: | AA5B-0533 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3296 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | West of Middle Peninsula Regional Airport (KFYJ), West Point, VA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Tipton (KFME) |
| Williamsburg-Jamestown (KJGG) | |
| Investigating agency: | FAA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The aircraft force landed to marsh terrain west of the airport while on a weather related approach to Middle Peninsula Regional Airport (KFYJ), West Point, Virginia.
As the aircraft approached the airport, he stalled and crash landed in a marsh.
The airplane sustained unreported damage and the sole pilot onboard was not injured
Sources:
http://www.dailypress.com/news/va-tr-plane-crash-reported-near-west-point-regional-airport-20151202-story.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20151215205420/http://www.asias.faa.gov:80/pls/apex/f?p=100:96:::::P96_ENTRY_DATE,P96_MAKE_NAME,P96_FATAL_FLG:01-DEC-15,GRUMMAN
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N28295
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=28295
http://wtkr.com/2015/12/02/va-state-police-investigating-single-engine-plane-crash-near-west-point-airport/
http://wtvr.com/2015/12/02/small-plane-stalls-crashes-into-york-river/
https://localtvwtvr.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/planecrash.jpg?w=770&h=578
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 December 2015 | N28295 | 0 | West Point, Virginia | |
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| Loss of control | ||||||
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Dec-2015 16:10 | Geno | Added |
| 03-Dec-2015 16:34 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, ] |
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