20131206023849I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Grumman American Avn. AA-5 · Monks Corner, SC · December 6, 2013

Date
December 6, 2013 · 17:38 local
Place
Monks Corner, SC
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1378R
Reported as
Grumman American Avn. AA-5
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
250 total150 in this make and model5 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.

The pilot, stated after takeoff, the engine sputtered three different times and at approximately 600 ft. the pilot then turned back to the airport, aircraft landed long due to a tailwind, exited the runway, jumped a ditch and on impact broke off the nose landing gear and the nose of the aircraft impacted the ground.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT, STATED AFTER TAKEOFF, THE ENGINE SPUTTERED THREE DIFFERENT TIMES AND AT APPROXIMATELY 600 FT. THE PILOT THEN TURNED BACK TO THE AIRPORT, AIRCRAFT LANDED LONG DUE TO A TAILWIND, EXITED THE RUNWAY, JUMPED A DITCH AND ON IMPACT BROKE OFF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR AND THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND.