# Incident 20080530846699I: Amrgen AA5, Harrisburg, PA, May 30, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 2008, 18:30 local time
- Place: Harrisburg, PA
- Airport: Capital City
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2171° N, 76.8514° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CAPITAL CITY (CXY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2171&lon=-76.8514&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5458L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5458L-2011-05-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5 (registry code 3960104, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMRGEN AA5
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 135 total, 135 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/20080530846699I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT APPROACHED RWY 30 FASTER THAN NORMAL. TOUCHED DOWN ON THE MAIN WHEELS FIRST, THEN THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO PORPOISE. ON THE SECOND OR THIRD TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN A NOSE LOW POSITION, AND THE PROP CONTACTED  THE RUNWAY.  THE PILOT GOT THE AIRCRAFT UNDER CONTROL AND TAXIED TO THE RAMP WITHOUT INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N5458L (1)

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

- [Accident 19730904027879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730904027879A), Sep 4, 1973: Grumav AA5 (N5458L), Mt Upton, NY, Substantial damage. Struck fence at end of rwy.

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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