# Incident 20030613013529I: Amrgen AA5A, Giddings, TX, June 13, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 13, 2003, 17:30 local time
- Place: Giddings, TX
- Airport: Giddings-Lee County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.1693° N, 96.9800° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GIDDINGS-LEE COUNTY (GYB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1693&lon=-96.9800&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9870U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9870U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5A (registry code 3960106, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMRGEN AA5A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 860 total, 55 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030613013529I

## Narrative

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

(-23) N9870U, WITH MR. CHARLES DANIEL AS PIC, DEPARTED WESLACO AIRPORT (T65) AT APPROXIMATELY 3:30 PM CENTRAL TIME, ENROUTE TO GIDDINGS-LEE COUNTY (62H). THE PIC CALLED 62H FOR ADVISORY. HE STARTED HIS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 17, HIS SPEED WAS 85 KTS WITH FULL FLAPS. TOUCH DOWN WAS APPROXIMATELY 1000 FT. BEYOND THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 17, HE LOWERED THE NOSE AND BEGAN TO APPLY BRAKES WHEN THE AIRPLANE WENT AIRBORN AGAIN. HE STATES THAT HE MADE ONE MORE WHEEL CONTACT BEFORE HE PASSED THE EXIT TO THE PARKING RAMP. HE CONTINUED TO SLOW THE PLANE WITH BRAKES, THE ENGINE WAS AT IDLE. HE STATED THAT NOTHING WORKED VERY WELL AS HE CONTINUED TO SPEED TOWARDS THE END OF THE RUNWAY. HE ALSO STATED THAT AS HE SKIDDED OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY, HE APPLIED BRAKES ON WET GRASS WITH VERY LITTLE RESULTS. AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY HE WENT DOWN A 8 TO 10 FT. SLOPE AND WENT AIRBORNE AGAIN ONLY TO COME DOWN HARD AND BOUNCE IN THE AIR AGAIN, ONLY THIS TIME GOING SIDEWAYS TO THE RIGHT. LOTS OF LEFT RUDDER KEPT THE PLANE HEADING TOWARDS A WALL OF TREES. USING RUDDER AND BRAKES, HE WAS ABLE TO HEAD THE NOSE BETWEEN TWO TREES. THE WINGS IMPACT WITH THE TREES FINALLY STOPPED THE AIRPLANE.

## Other reports on N9870U (1)

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

- [Incident 20061125029199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061125029199I), Nov 25, 2006: Amrgen AA5A (N9870U), Blanco, TX, Minor damage. (-23) On November 25, 2006, (at approximately 0950 hours) a Grumman AA-5A, owned and operated by the pilot [privacy data omitted] crashed approximately 1 mile…

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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