19951011038919I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Gulstm AA5B · Phoenix, AZ · October 11, 1995

Date: October 11, 1995 · 13:15 local
Place: Phoenix, AZ
Airport: Phoenix-Deer Valley Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N81218
Reported as: Gulstm AA5B
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,300 total2,800 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: on Wednesday, October 11, 1995 at approximately 1300 MST, the pilot in command of a Grumman AA-5B tiger identified as N81218 departed Deer valley airport and dropped its nose wheel on the field. The pilot, bruce firston who also owns the aircraft, returned to the airport and landed with minimal damage to the aircraft and no injuries to either himself or his passengers after inspection. Lyle alexander an airworthiness inspector with this office, determined the cotter pin securing the nut to the nose gear fork assembly had not been installed privacy data omitted this incident is closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1995 AT APPROXIMATELY 1300 MST, THE PILOT IN COMMAND OF A GRUMMAN AA-5B TIGER IDENTIFIED AS N81218 DEPARTED DEER VALLEY AIRPORT AND DROPPED ITS NOSE WHEEL ON THE FIELD. THE PILOT, BRUCE FIRSTON WHO ALSO OWNS THE AIRCRAFT, RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT AND LANDED WITH MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES TO EITHER HIMSELF OR HIS PASSENGERS AFTER INSPECTION. LYLE ALEXANDER AN AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTOR WITH THIS OFFICE, DETERMINED THE COTTER PIN SECURING THE NUT TO THE NOSE GEAR FORK ASSEMBLY HAD NOT BEEN INSTALLED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.