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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Gulstm AA-5B · Bend, OR · July 17, 1998

Date
July 17, 1998 · 16:18 local
Place
Bend, OR
Airport
Sunriver Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4539S
Reported as
Gulstm AA5B
Reported engine
Lycoming VO360*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
590 total520 in this make and model6 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.

Grumman AA5, pleasure flying, aircraft attempted to land at Sunriver Airport (S21). Wind conditions varied. Pilot attempted a go around after aircraft was porpoising. Aircraft struck ground hard and prop hit pavement. Pilot flew around ariport once more and landed aircraft safely.

As the FAA filed it

GRUMMAN AA5, PLEASURE FLYING, AIRCRAFT ATTEMPTED TO LAND AT SUNRIVER AIRPORT (S21). WIND CONDITIONS VARIED. PILOT ATTEMPTED A GO AROUND AFTER AIRCRAFT WAS PORPOISING. AIRCRAFT STRUCK GROUND HARD AND PROP HIT PAVEMENT. PILOT FLEW AROUND ARIPORT ONCE MORE AND LANDED AIRCRAFT SAFELY.