20131201023409I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Grumman American Avn. AA-5B · Alexander City, AL · December 1, 2013

Date
December 1, 2013 · 15:00 local
Place
Alexander City, AL
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N28848
Reported as
Grumman American Avn. AA-5B
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,500 total250 in this make and model50 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.

Pilot stated he was departing (alx) on runway 18 for (tys) when at approximately 200FT AGL, 2/3 of distance down runway, the aircrafts engine began to run rough with a significant loss of power. The pilot put the aircraft back down on the runway and into a grass field at the end of runway 18 with only slight damage and no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED HE WAS DEPARTING (ALX) ON RUNWAY 18 FOR (TYS) WHEN AT APPROXIMATELY 200FT AGL, 2/3 OF DISTANCE DOWN RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFTS ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH WITH A SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF POWER. THE PILOT PUT THE AIRCRAFT BACK DOWN ON THE RUNWAY AND INTO A GRASS FIELD AT THE END OF RUNWAY 18 WITH ONLY SLIGHT DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES.