# Accident 20110915021269A: Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5A, Cleveland, GA, September 15, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 2011, 10:15 local time
- Place: Cleveland, GA
- Airport: Mountain Airpark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5589° N, 83.7133° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5589&lon=-83.7133&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9982U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9982U-2011-12-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5A (registry code 3960106, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN AMERICAN AVN. CORP. AA-5A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 100 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11CA492](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA492) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110915021269A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT OF THE AIRCRAFT STATED THAT THERE WAS APPROXIMATELY A 15 KNOT TAILWIND WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON A 2500 X 200FT TURF RUNWAY AT A PRIVATE AIRPARK.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE COULD NOT SLOW THE PLANE DOWN AND OVERSHOT THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE TURF RUNWAY, PROCEEDED THROUGH A WOODEN FENCE, OVER A COUNTY ROAD, INTO A FIELD WHERE IT STRUCK SEVERAL SMALL TREES AND CAME TO REST IN A NEWLY CLEARED FIELD.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 ERA11CA492](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA492), Sep 15, 2011: Grumman American Avn. AA-5A (N9982U), Cleveland, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's poor decision to land with a tailwind, which resulted in a runway excursion.

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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