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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Grumman American Avn. AA-5A · Houston, TX · August 14, 2012

Date
August 14, 2012 · 19:30 local
Place
Houston, TX
Airport
Ellington Field
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
GR8S
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9837U
Reported as
Grumman American Avn. AA-5A
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
60 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Student pilot on training flight approached for short field landing. According to pilot aircraft bounced and then began to porpoise. Student realizing he was in a porpoise situation added power to correct the situation. There was plenty of runway left for landing and a full stop landing was made. After engine shutdown and post inspection of aircraft it was discovered that the prop had struck the runway and had bent the tips of each blade. Inspection of the engine maybe required before engine is returned to service. Airman was counseld for improper munipulation of flight controls by inspector

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PILOT ON TRAINING FLIGHT APPROACHED FOR SHORT FIELD LANDING. ACCORDING TO PILOT AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND THEN BEGAN TO PORPOISE. STUDENT REALIZING HE WAS IN A PORPOISE SITUATION ADDED POWER TO CORRECT THE SITUATION. THERE WAS PLENTY OF RUNWAY LEFT FOR LANDING AND A FULL STOP LANDING WAS MADE. AFTER ENGINE SHUTDOWN AND POST INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE PROP HAD STRUCK THE RUNWAY AND HAD BENT THE TIPS OF EACH BLADE. INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE MAYBE REQUIRED BEFORE ENGINE IS RETURNED TO SERVICE. AIRMAN WAS COUNSELD FOR IMPROPER MUNIPULATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS BY INSPECTOR