Date:	Thursday 16 August 1973
Time:	02:18
Type:	Grumman American AA-5 Traveler
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	N5478L
MSN:	AA5-0378
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Abbeville, South Carolina -   United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	Fenandina Beach, Florida
Destination airport:	Spartanburg International Airport, South Carolina (GSP/KGSP)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
Written off (destroyed) August 16, 1973 when crashed at Abbeville, South Carolina. The pilot (the sole person on board) was killed. Aircraft was involved in a solo cross country navigational training exercise, but the Pilot had no previous instrument training. According to the following extract from the official NTSB report into the accident:

"PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS; ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL. PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED. PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION. FIRE AFTER IMPACT"

1. NTSB Identification: MIA74AM015 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=85418&key=0
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?omni=Home-N-Number&nNumberTxt=5478L
3. http://planecrashmap.com/plane/sc/N5478L/

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
25-Feb-2008 12:00	ASN archive	Added
23-May-2016 18:06	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
23-May-2016 18:07	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Destination airport, ]
23-May-2016 18:08	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Time, Destination airport, Narrative, ]
09-Jul-2016 18:19	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Aircraft type, Source, ]