# Incident 19960815027769I: Gulstm AA5B, San Diego, CA, August 15, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 1996, 12:00 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Montgomery Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7153° N, 117.1573° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Diego, CA, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7153&lon=-117.1573&mi=10
- Aircraft: N28610, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N28610) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5B (registry code 3960105, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA5B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 513 total, 40 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960815027769I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: INVESTIGATION OF THIS INCIDENT REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: THE PILOT STATED THAT SHE DEPARTED SAN CARLOS, CA WITH THE INTENT OF FLYING TO MONTGOMERY FIELD (MYF), SAN DIEGO, CA. AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED, FLOWN IN VMC CONDITIONS. THE FLIGHT WAS UNEVENTFUL UNTIL THE LANDING AT MYF. THE PILOT SAID THAT SHE HAD THE AIRCRAFT CONFIGURED WITH 20 DEGREES OF FLAPS AND INTENDED ON EXTENDING THEM TO 40 DEGREES ON SHORT FINAL PRIOR TO LANDING ON RWY 28R. THE PILOT THINKS THAT SHE INADVERTENTLY HIT THE ELECTRIC FLAP SWITCH WHICH CAUSED THE FLAPS TO RETRACT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT A HIGHER THAN NORMAL AIRSPEED, AND ENTERED INTO A PORPOISING MOTION. THE AIRCRAFT'S PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY. THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT CONSISTED OF BENT PROPELLER BLADES AND NOSE GEAR DAMAGE. THE PILOT AND HER SOLE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED AS A RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT. THIS INCIDENT IS NOT RELATED TO ANY NMAC OR PILOT DEVIATION REPORTED BY ATC. THE PILOT RECEIVED COUNSELING FROM THE INVESTIGATING FSDO PERSONNEL.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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