# Accident 19980905022729A: Amrgen AA5B, Chatham, MA, September 5, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 1998, 12:21 local time
- Place: Chatham, MA
- Airport: Chatham Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6883° N, 69.9897° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHATHAM MUNI (CQX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6883&lon=-69.9897&mi=10
- Aircraft: N28764, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N28764-2017-07-03) (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: AMRGEN AA5B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC98LA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98LA183) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980905022729A

## Narrative

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

ACFT CRASHED ON FINAL APPROACH TO RWY 24 DUE TO AN ENGINE STALL, THE ACFT LANDED ON TREES. (-23) GORDON T. WALKER, PILOT-IN-COMMAND OF N28764 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF LANDING WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN GROUND EFFECT AND CONTINUED FLOATING OVER RUNWAY 24 ABOUT 20-30 FT THE PILOT KNEW HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO LAND AND DECIDED TO GO AROUND, WINDS GUSTY, LOSS CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT AND CARTWHEELED INTO THE TREES.  DAMAGE WAS SUBSTANTIAL.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC98LA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98LA183), Sep 5, 1998: Grumman American AA-5B (N28764), Chatham, MA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the failure of the pilot to maintain airspeed during a go-around and which resulted in an inadvertent stall. Factors in the accident were the pilot's lack of total experience and the gusting…

## Other reports on N28764 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19810222013879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810222013879I), Feb 22, 1981: Grumav AA5B (N28764), Elyria, OH, Minor damage. Zd aircraft touched down 20 feet to left side of runway. Aircraft was landing in a crosswind.

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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