# Incident 20010531013759I: Amrgen AA1B, Philadelphia, PA, May 31, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 2001, 08:55 local time
- Place: Philadelphia, PA
- Airport: Northeast Philadelphia
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: CDMS
- Location: 40.0819° N, 75.0106° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA (PNE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0819&lon=-75.0106&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1447R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1447R-2018-06-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-1B (registry code 3960103, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMRGEN AA1B
- Reported engine: LYC O235*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 42 total, 42 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010531013759I

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT PILOT PRACTICING LANDING ON RUNWAY 24 AT THE NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA AIRPORT, PA. THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO PORPOISE AND STRIKE THE RUNWAY SURFACE HARD, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED ONLY MINOR DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N1447R (2)

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

- [Incident 19950725037909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950725037909I), Jul 25, 1995: Gulstm AA1B (N1447R), Philadelphia, PA, Minor damage. Floated landing. Tried to force landing. Landed nose first. Porpoised. Bent prop and nose gear fork.
- [Incident 19790328011859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790328011859I), Mar 28, 1979: Gulstm AA1B (N1447R), Vieques, Puerto Rico, Minor damage. Student pilot landed hard, porpoised, bent the nose gear.

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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