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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Grumman Ame AA-5 · Maple Lake, MN · February 27, 2010

Date
February 27, 2010 · 11:00 local
Place
Maple Lake, MN
Airport
Maple Lake Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5418L
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN10CA154
Reported as
Grumman Ame AA-5
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
3,665 total1 in this make and model158 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

privacy data omitted Was exercising his CFI privilege while giving privacy data omitted his biennial flight review. Once airborne, privacy data omitted retarded the throttle for privacy data omitted to perform a simulated engine out landing. privacy data omitted Allowed his student to set the aircraft up and perform radio calls and stated the he felt they would make the runway. privacy data omitted Stated, once privacy data omitted realized that the aircraft was not going to make the runway, privacy data omitted, begin to add power , shortly thereafter the main wheels struck the snow and then the nose collapsed and came to a stop short of the runway.

As the FAA filed it

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS EXERCISING HIS CFI PRIVILEGE WHILE GIVING ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HIS BIENNIAL FLIGHT REVIEW. ONCE AIRBORNE, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RETARDED THE THROTTLE FOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TO PERFORM A SIMULATED ENGINE OUT LANDING. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ALLOWED HIS STUDENT TO SET THE AIRCRAFT UP AND PERFORM RADIO CALLS AND STATED THE HE FELT THEY WOULD MAKE THE RUNWAY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED, ONCE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REALIZED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT GOING TO MAKE THE RUNWAY, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, BEGIN TO ADD POWER , SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE MAIN WHEELS STRUCK THE SNOW AND THEN THE NOSE COLLAPSED AND CAME TO A STOP SHORT OF THE RUNWAY.

NTSB investigation

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