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Incident

FAA incident report · Amrgen AG5B · Shellman Bluff, GA · June 22, 2002

Date
June 22, 2002 · 17:00 local
Place
Shellman Bluff, GA
Airport
Barbour Island
Phase of flight
Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N79AJ
Reported as
Amrgen AG5B
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
900 total650 in this make and model100 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.

(-23) On June 22, 2002, about 1700 eastern daylight time a tiger AA5B registered to and operated by andrew c. jensen was landing on an uncontrolled grass runway located on Barbour Island, Georgia. VMC prevailed but the runway was wet from a prior rain. When the brakes were applied, they had no effect on the wet grassy runway. The pilot reported by the time he decided to make a go around it was too late as the aircraft slid off the grass strip into a lagoon. There were no injuries reported to the pilot, passenger, and no damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON JUNE 22, 2002, ABOUT 1700 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME A TIGER AA5B REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY ANDREW C. JENSEN WAS LANDING ON AN UNCONTROLLED GRASS RUNWAY LOCATED ON BARBOUR ISLAND, GEORGIA. VMC PREVAILED BUT THE RUNWAY WAS WET FROM A PRIOR RAIN. WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THEY HAD NO EFFECT ON THE WET GRASSY RUNWAY. THE PILOT REPORTED BY THE TIME HE DECIDED TO MAKE A GO AROUND IT WAS TOO LATE AS THE AIRCRAFT SLID OFF THE GRASS STRIP INTO A LAGOON. THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED TO THE PILOT, PASSENGER, AND NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.