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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Grumman American Avn. AA-1B · Valparaiso, IN · August 25, 2013

Date
August 25, 2013 · 13:40 local
Place
Valparaiso, IN
Airport
Valparaiso-Porter County
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5538B
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN13CA515
Reported as
Grumman American Avn. AA-1B
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
380 total1 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Witnesses stated the aircraft made a steep approach and hit hard on landing, bounced and impacted the runway again, then went off the right side of runway. Nose gear was completely separated from the aircraft during impacts with terrain.

As the FAA filed it

WITNESSES STATED THE AIRCRAFT MADE A STEEP APPROACH AND HIT HARD ON LANDING, BOUNCED AND IMPACTED THE RUNWAY AGAIN, THEN WENT OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY. NOSE GEAR WAS COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT DURING IMPACTS WITH TERRAIN.

NTSB investigation

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