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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Grumman American Avn. AA-1B · Lawrence, MA · May 31, 2012

Date: May 31, 2012 · 18:44 local
Place: Lawrence, MA
Phase of flight: Other, Specify
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N1608R
NTSB investigation: NTSBERA12CA377
Reported as: Grumman American Avn. AA-1B
Reported engine: Lycoming 0-235 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 1
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,400 total1,377 in this make and model

N1608RRegistration cancelled Apr 24, 2013 · Grumman American Avn. AA-1BS/N AA1B-0608 · Built 1976 Airframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-1B Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series4 cycle

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What happened

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

The pilot reported while doing a touch and go she took too much time to adjust the trim for takeoff and retract the electric flaps. The pilot stated by the time she powered up for takeoff and became airborne she felt she was too low so she pulled the power back and put the airplane down on the runway and tried to stop. Tire skid marks indicate the aircraft was approximately 400 feet from the end of the runway when it touched down. The aircraft overran the end of the runway and traveled about 30 feet through the grass before becoming airborne by going over an embankment. The aircraft struck the ground and flipped over. The pilot received minor scrapes while exiting the aircraft. The aircraft received substantial damage to the vertical fin, upper empennage, upper fuselage aft of the canopy and buckling of the fuselage aft of the firewall. Pilot certificate number cannot be entered in block 31 cert number privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT REPORTED WHILE DOING A TOUCH AND GO SHE TOOK TOO MUCH TIME TO ADJUST THE TRIM FOR TAKEOFF AND RETRACT THE ELECTRIC FLAPS. THE PILOT STATED BY THE TIME SHE POWERED UP FOR TAKEOFF AND BECAME AIRBORNE SHE FELT SHE WAS TOO LOW SO SHE PULLED THE POWER BACK AND PUT THE AIRPLANE DOWN ON THE RUNWAY AND TRIED TO STOP. TIRE SKID MARKS INDICATE THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY WHEN IT TOUCHED DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT OVERRAN THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND TRAVELED ABOUT 30 FEET THROUGH THE GRASS BEFORE BECOMING AIRBORNE BY GOING OVER AN EMBANKMENT. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND AND FLIPPED OVER. THE PILOT RECEIVED MINOR SCRAPES WHILE EXITING THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE VERTICAL FIN, UPPER EMPENNAGE, UPPER FUSELAGE AFT OF THE CANOPY AND BUCKLING OF THE FUSELAGE AFT OF THE FIREWALL. PILOT CERTIFICATE NUMBER CANNOT BE ENTERED IN BLOCK 31 CERT NUMBER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

NTSB investigation

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

NTSB ERA12CA377Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportLawrence, MAThe pilot's delayed decision to abort the takeoff, which resulted in a runway excursion.May 31, 2012 · Substantial damage