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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amrgen AA-5 · Columbus, IN · March 18, 2006

Date: March 18, 2006 · 10:30 local
Place: Columbus, IN
Airport: Columbus Municipal
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N5843L
Reported as: Amrgen AA5
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Student
Pilot’s flight hours: 44 total44 in this make and model35 in the last 90 days

N5843LRegistered now · American AA-5S/N AA5-0043 · Built 1972 Airframe modelAmerican AA-5 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On March 18, 2006, a 1972 American gruman AA5, was being operated by a student pilot at the Columbus Indiana municipal airport (kbak). Purpose of the flight was to conduct take-off and landings, at a control towered airport, IN preparation for his private pilot practical test. On his first landing, the nose gear struck hard boucing the aircraft back into the air. The pilot "went around" flying a normal pattern for a full stop landing. This was followed by a third landing and then a return to his base airport in shelbyville in. It was there that he found he had damaged both blades of his propeller during his first landing attempt. There is no other damage to the aircraft. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON MARCH 18, 2006, A 1972 AMERICAN GRUMAN AA5, WAS BEING OPERATED BY A STUDENT PILOT AT THE COLUMBUS INDIANA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KBAK). PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS TO CONDUCT TAKE-OFF AND LANDINGS, AT A CONTROL TOWERED AIRPORT, IN PREPARATION FOR HIS PRIVATE PILOT PRACTICAL TEST. ON HIS FIRST LANDING, THE NOSE GEAR STRUCK HARD BOUCING THE AIRCRAFT BACK INTO THE AIR. THE PILOT "WENT AROUND" FLYING A NORMAL PATTERN FOR A FULL STOP LANDING. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY A THIRD LANDING AND THEN A RETURN TO HIS BASE AIRPORT IN SHELBYVILLE IN. IT WAS THERE THAT HE FOUND HE HAD DAMAGED BOTH BLADES OF HIS PROPELLER DURING HIS FIRST LANDING ATTEMPT. THERE IS NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^