# Accident 20000126006229A: Amrgen AG5B, Oakland, CA, January 26, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 26, 2000, 15:35 local time
- Place: Oakland, CA
- Airport: Metropolitan Oakland International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7213° N, 122.2212° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7213&lon=-122.2212&mi=10
- Aircraft: N228ER, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N228ER) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American General Acft AG5B (registry code 3990100, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-general-acft-ag5b) (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 AG5B
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,090 total, 414 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX00LA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA137) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000126006229A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED HE FLEW TO OAKLAND TO PERFORM TOUCH AND GO'S. ON FIRST LANDING HE BOUNCED THE AIRCRFT AND LET IT BOUNCE A FEW MORE TIMES HOPING IT WOULD SETTLE DOWN.  PILOT WENT ON TO STATE THAT HE WAS HJUST ABOUT TO ADD POWER WHEN THE NOSE GEAR BROKE.  AIRCARFT PROP STRUCK GROUND BENDING BACK BOTH TIPS AND SKIDDED ON LOWER COWLING.                                     (.4)ON JANUARY 26, 2000, AT 1535 HOURS PACIFIC STANDARD TIME, A GRUMMAN AMERICAN AG5B, N228ER, PORPOISED ON LANDING AND SUBSEQUENTLY BROKE OFF THE NOSE WHEEL AT THE OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, AIRPORT. THE PRIVATE PILOT, THE OWNER AND OPERATOR OF THE AIRCRAFT, WAS NOT INJURED. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PURPOSE OF THE LOCAL AREA PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS TO PRACTICE TOUCH-AND-GO LANDINGS. THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED FROM HAYWARD, CALIFORNIA, APPROXIMATELY 1500, AND WAS DESTINED FOR OAKLAND WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION NOTIFIED THE SAFETY BOARD OF THE ACCIDENT ON MARCH 27, 2000. THE PILOT STATED THAT ONCE HE TOUCHED DOWN ON RUNWAY 27L, THE AIRPLANE BEGAN BOUNCING. HE SAID THE BOUNCING GOT WORSE, AND FINALLY T HE NOSE PITCHED DOWN AND THE NOSE WHEEL HIT THE RUNWAY, WHICH BROKE OFF THE NOSE GEAR STRUT.

## 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 LAX00LA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA137), Jan 26, 2000: Grumman American AG5B (N228ER), Oakland, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The inadvertent porpoise and improper remedial action of the pilot during the landing attempt.

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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