# Accident 20100514033969A: Grumman Ame AA-5A, Monument, OR, May 14, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 2010, 18:20 local time
- Place: Monument, OR
- Airport: Monument Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8319° N, 119.4303° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8319&lon=-119.4303&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26414, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N26414) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5A (registry code 3960106, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5a) (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-5A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320-E2G
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 606 total, 268 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10LA242](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA242) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100514033969A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 32, AN UPHILL RUNWAY WITH APPROXIMATELY 100' ELEVATION CHANGE FROM BOTTOM TO TOP. ON TOUCH DOWN THE PILOT REPORTED A HARD LANDING AND BOUNCED THE AIRCRAFT UP OFF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT THEN ELECTED TO PERFORM A GO-AROUND TO ATTEMPT ANOTHER LANDING. THE PILOT INCREASED THE THROTTLE AND STATED HE DIDN'T SEEM TO HAVE ENOUGH POWER TO GAIN ALTITUDE. HE ELECTED AT THAT POINT TO ABORT THE GO-AROUND AND LAND THE AIRCRAFT. UPON LANDING HE LOST CONTROL AND VEERED OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT THEN IMPACTED TREES ON THE RIGHT HAND WING. THE OUTBOARD SECTION OF THE RIGHT WING AND AILERON WERE TORN OFF RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE SPAR.

## 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 WPR10LA242](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA242), May 15, 2010: Grumman AA-5A (N26414), Monument, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s misjudged flare during landing resulting in a hard landing and loss of directional control.

## Other reports on N26414 (1)

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

- [Accident 19960806021299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960806021299A), Aug 6, 1996: Gulstm AA5A (N26414), Klamath Falls, OR, Substantial damage. Gust hit on touchdown. Lifted wing veered. Began go around. Wing hit distance marker. Slid to stop, crosswind.

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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