# Accident 20100227028889A: Grumman Ame AA-5, Maple Lake, MN, February 27, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 27, 2010, 11:00 local time
- Place: Maple Lake, MN
- Airport: Maple Lake Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.2361° N, 93.9856° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.2361&lon=-93.9856&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5418L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5418L-2013-08-23) (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: GRUMMAN AME AA-5
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,665 total, 1 in this make and model, 158 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10CA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA154) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100227028889A

## Narrative

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

^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.

## 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 CEN10CA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA154), Feb 27, 2010: Grumman American AA-5 (N5418L), Maple Lake, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain a proper glide path during a simulated forced landing and the flight instructor's delayed remedial action to execute a go-around.

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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