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FAA accident report · Amrgen AA-1 · Lakeland, FL · November 5, 2006

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Date
November 5, 2006 · 17:00 local
Place
Lakeland, FL
Airport
Green Swamp Aerodrome
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5657L
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA07CA012
Reported as
Amrgen AA1
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
100 total20 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days
N5657LRegistered now · American AA-1S/N AA1-0057 · Built 1969Airframe modelAmerican AA-1Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series4 cycle

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What happened

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

(-23) Airman landed hard on a sod runway, the nose strut failed and the aircraft impacted post failure on the nose cowl and propeller causing the top motor mounts to fail and pull away from the original mount point. This fail moment also caused the top fuselage longerons to exhibit compression deformation.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRMAN LANDED HARD ON A SOD RUNWAY, THE NOSE STRUT FAILED AND THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED POST FAILURE ON THE NOSE COWL AND PROPELLER CAUSING THE TOP MOTOR MOUNTS TO FAIL AND PULL AWAY FROM THE ORIGINAL MOUNT POINT. THIS FAIL MOMENT ALSO CAUSED THE TOP FUSELAGE LONGERONS TO EXHIBIT COMPRESSION DEFORMATION.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB MIA07CA012Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportLakeland, FLThe pilot's misjudgment of the landing flare/touchdown which resulted in a hard landing.Nov 5, 2006 · Substantial damage