# Incident 20120814020039I: Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5A, Houston, TX, August 14, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 2012, 19:30 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Ellington Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: GR8S
- Location: 29.6073° N, 95.1587° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELLINGTON (EFD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6073&lon=-95.1587&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9837U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9837U-2013-10-29) (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 AMERICAN AVN. CORP. AA-5A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 60 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120814020039I

## Narrative

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

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

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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