# Accident 20100105025879A: Grumman Ame AA-5B, Santa Fe, NM, January 5, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 5, 2010, 13:28 local time
- Place: Santa Fe, NM
- Airport: Santa Fe Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: N/A
- Location: 35.6169° N, 106.0894° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6169&lon=-106.0894&mi=10
- Aircraft: N28446, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N28446) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5B (registry code 3960105, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN AME AA-5B
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 6,030 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10CA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA091) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100105025879A

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 5, 2010, AT 1328 MST, N28446, A GRUMMAN AMERICAN AA-5B, CRASHED ON TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 20 AT THE SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.  THE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRPLANE WAS NOT INJURED.  THE PILOT STATED THAT THE RUN UP AND INITIAL TAKEOFF ROLL WERE NORMAL.  WHEN HE TRIED TO ROTATE THE AIRPLANE FOR TAKEOFF THERE WAS NO ELEVATOR CONTROL AND THE TAKEOFF WAS REJECTED.  AN EYEWITNESS SAID THE AIRPLANE GOT ABOUT 5 TO 6 FEET IN THE AIR AND CAME DOWN HARD, BOUNCED TWO OR THREE TIMES, KNOCKING THE NOSEWHEEL OFF OF THE AIRPLANE.  THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST ON THE RUNWAY.  THE FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND CALM WINDS EXISTED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN10CA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA091), Jan 5, 2010: Grumman American AA-5B (N28446), Santa Fe, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The restricted elevator control movement for undetermined reasons.

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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