# Accident 20100828050929A: Grumman Ame AA-5, Montauk, NY, August 28, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 2010, 14:30 local time
- Place: Montauk, NY
- Airport: Montauk
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0764° N, 71.9206° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0764&lon=-71.9206&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9532L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9532L) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,603 total, 393 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10CA451](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA451) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100828050929A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 28, 2010, MR. CHARLES SHATTUCK WAS THE PILOT OF N9523L, A GRUMMAN AA5.  ACCORDING TO A WITNESS, THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 24 AT MONTAUK (MTP), AND TOUCHED DOWN ON THE NUMBERS FOR RUNWAY 06.  AIRCRAFT THEN ATTEMPTED A GO-AROUND, BUT WAS UNABLE TO CLEAR THE PERIMETER FENCE.  THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE FENCE WHILE AIRBORNE, PASSED OVER THE ROAD OUTSIDE THE AIRPORT PROPERTY, WENT THROUGH A DECORATIVE WOOD FENCE, AND IMPACTED A BUILDING.   THE WITNESS IS A RETIRED FAA INSPECTOR, AND HIS STORY IS CORROBORATED WITH THE PILOT'S STATEMENT. ACCORDING TO MEASUREMENTS, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN APPROXIMATELY THE LAST 300 FEET OF THE RUNWAY.  THE GO-AROUND WAS ATTEMPTED IN THE DISPLACED THRESHOLD FOR RUNWAY 06, WHICH IS 300 FEET IN LENGTH.  THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED ANOTHER 230 FEET OVER A RELOCATED THRESHOLD PRIOR TO IMPACTING THE AIRPORT PERIMETER FENCE.  THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED A BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET WITH WAS 230 FEET PAST THE PERIMETER FENCE.WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE VFR, WITH LIGHT WINDS OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST FAVORING RUNWAY 24.

## 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 ERA10CA451](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA451), Aug 28, 2010: Grumman American Avn. AA-5 (N9532L), Montauk, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's delay in aborting the landing, which resulted in a collision with a fence.

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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