# Incident 20070802020389I: Amrgen AA1C, San Diego, CA, August 2, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 2007, 14:48 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Brown Field Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5723° N, 116.9802° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BROWN FLD MUNI (SDM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5723&lon=-116.9802&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9923U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9923U-2018-06-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-1C (registry code 3960100, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-1c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMRGEN AA1C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10 total, 10 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070802020389I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS MAKING HIS FIRST SOLO LANDING, ON HIS FIRST SOLO FLIGHT. HE MADE A HARD LANDING, RESULTING IN PORPOISING OF THE AIRCRAFT. ON THE THIRD HARD BOUNCE, THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED, RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE PROP. IT IS THIS INSPECTOR'S OPINION THAT THIS INCIDENT IS A RESULT OF INADEQUATE PRE-SOLO FLIGHT INSTRUCTION, AND POOR JUDGEMENT, ON THE PART OF THE PILOT'S ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS NOT ADEQUATELY PREPARED TO SOLO. BY HIS OWN WRITTEN STATEMENT, AND VERBAL STATEMENTS MADE TO INSPECTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HE WAS HAVING DIFFICULTIES WITH HIS LANDINGS FOR THE LAST THREE TRAINING LESSONS. HIS TRAINING WAS ALSO VERY SPORADIC. HE WAS TAKING A LESSON ABOUT ONCE EVERY TWO OR THREE WEEKS. IT IS THIS INSPECTOR'S OPINION THAT THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS NOT TRAINED TO "PROFICIENCY" AS REQUIRED BY FAR 61.87(C),(2), AND (N),(1),(II,III).

## Other reports on N9923U (1)

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

- [Accident 20130909022399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130909022399A), Sep 9, 2013: Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-1C (N9923U), Hemet, CA, Substantial damage. Upon entering downwind at Hemet airport, pilot experienced smoke in the cockpit. Pilot declared emergency, smoke in the cockpit, entered the base leg, and…

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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