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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Grumman American Avn. AA-1C · Detroit Lakes, MN · November 29, 2013

Date
November 29, 2013 · 12:00 local
Place
Detroit Lakes, MN
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9645U
Reported as
Grumman American Avn. AA-1C
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-235 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
699 total19 in this make and model18 in the last 90 days

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.

During the landing attempt, which was to be a touch-and-go, the pilot lost directional control of the aircraft and it steered left into a snowbank, knocking over a runway edge light. The aircraft sustained minor damage.

As the FAA filed it

DURING THE LANDING ATTEMPT, WHICH WAS TO BE A TOUCH-AND-GO, THE PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND IT STEERED LEFT INTO A SNOWBANK, KNOCKING OVER A RUNWAY EDGE LIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.