# Incident 20091129051779I: Grumman Ame AA-1C, Cape May, NJ, November 29, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 29, 2009, 11:55 local time
- Place: Cape May, NJ
- Airport: Cape May County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: CDMS
- Location: 39.0084° N, 74.9085° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CAPE MAY COUNTY (WWD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0084&lon=-74.9085&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9739U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9739U) (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: GRUMMAN AME AA-1C
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 35 total, 35 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091129051779I

## Narrative

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

UPON LANDING THE STUDENT CLAIMED THAT THE AIRCRAFT JUST DROPPED TO THE GROUND OVER THE RUNWAY AND HIT THE NOSE WHEEL, HE THEN TRIED TO INITIATE A GO AROUND BY ADDING POWER THE AIRCRAFT AGAIN HIT THE GROUND A SECOND TIME HE THEN STARTED TO LOSE CONTROL AND PULLED THE POWER BACK THE AIRCRAFT THEN HIT THE GROUND FOR THE THIRD TIME AND STRUCK VERY HARD AND DAMAGED THE NOSE WHEEL AND HIT THE PROP AFTER THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP HE CLAIMED HE GOT OUT AND RAN FROM THE A/C.THE WINDS WERE FAVORING THE ACTIVE RUNWAY 19 HOWEVER THE STUDENT LANDED ON 28, HE SAID THAT ABOUT 15 MILES OUT HE HEARD OTHER AIRCRAFT IN THE PATTERN USING 28, HE DID NOT SAY THAT HE CHECKED AWOS HOWEVER HE DID STATE THAT HE OVERFLEW THE AIRPORT TO CHECK THE WIND SOCK, THE AWOS REPORT STATED THE THE WINDS WERE COMING FROM THE SOUTH AT 12 KNOTS AT THAT TIME.

## Other reports on N9739U (1)

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

- [Incident 20040512026699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040512026699I), May 12, 2004: Amrgen AA1C (N9739U), Philadelphia, PA, Minor damage. (-23) The incident occurred as student pilot was practicing takeoffs and landings on her second supervised solo flight. On landing the aircraft bounced three…

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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