# Accident 20030614013519A: Amrgen AA5B, Houston, TX, June 14, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 2003, 11:00 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: David Wayne Hooks Memorial Arp
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0617° N, 95.5500° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0617&lon=-95.5500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N81268, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N81268) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5B (registry code 3960105, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMRGEN AA5B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,300 total, 550 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW03LA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03LA179) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030614013519A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 14, 2003 APPROXIMATELY 11:00 CDT, A GRUMAN TIGER AA-5B, RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN THE LEFT WING HIT THE GROUND DURING LANDING AT DAVID WAYNE HOOKS AIRPORT (DWH) NEAR SPRING, TEXAS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY MR. DOUGLAS E. SCOTT OF STAFFORD, TEXAS. MR. DOUGLAS E. SCOTT A COMMERCIAL PILOT AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, AND HIS PASSENGER SUSTAINED NO INJURIES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATION PART 91 FLIGHT. THE LOCAL FLIGHT DEPARTED HOUSTON-SOUTHWEST AIRPORT (AXH), APPROXIMATELY 10:30. ENROUTE TO DWH. THE GRUMAN WAS CLEARED TO LAND NUMBER TWO ON RUNWAY 17R, BEHIND A CH-47 (GUARD 26116). THE CH-47 LANDED AND AIR TAXIED TO PARKING. THE GRUMAN WAS GIVEN WIND 190, 13 KTS G 18 AND CAUTION WAKE TURBULENCE FROM ATC. AT APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY THE LEFT WING DIPPED VIOLENTLY DOWN APPROXIMATELY 75 TO 80 DEGREES. THE NOSE YAWED HARD LEFT AND DOWN APPROXIMATELY 60 DEGREES. THE PILOT STATED HE IMMEDIATELY STEPPED ON FULL RIGHT RUDDER, FULL RIGHT AILERON, AND FULL POWER. THE LEFT MAIN GEAR HIT THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED. THE WINGS LEVELED AND THE NOSE CAME UP, AND THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN A POSITIVE RATE OF CLIMB. THE PILOT COMPLETED THE RECOVERY AND RETURNED FOR LANDING. AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT THE CH-47 WAS 150 TO 170 YARDS AWAY IN A SOUTHEAST DIRECTION AT AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT INCLUDED WRINKLED LEADING EDGE ON THE LEFT WING (CLOSE TO WING TIP). THE BOTTOM OF THE WING TIP HAD NUMEROUS SCRAPE MARKS, INCLUDING A HOLE NEAR THE TRAILING EDGE. THERE WERE CRACKS ON TOP OF THE WING TIP NEAR THE TRAILING EDGE. THE LEFT AILERON AND TRIM TAB WERE DAMAGED BY THE WING TIP. THE PITOT TUBE WAS PUSHED INTO THE WING.

## 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 FTW03LA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03LA179), Jun 14, 2003: Grumman AA-5B (N81268), Spring, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot to maintain aircraft control due to wake turbulence.

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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