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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · American AA-1A · California, MD · April 27, 2014

Date
April 27, 2014 · 10:15 local
Place
California, MD
Airport
St Mary'S Regional
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N44TR
Reported as
American AA-1A
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-235 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
800 total200 in this make and model10 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 attempted to land on the west runway with a 8 to 10 knot crosswind from the north.

On touchdown the aircraft bounced, the pilot pushed the nose down to regain contact with the runway. As a result, the nose landing gear contacted the runway first and was sheared from the aircraft.

The aircraft veered off the runway on the north side and came to rest in the grass area.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON THE WEST RUNWAY WITH A 8 TO 10 KNOT CROSSWIND FROM THE NORTH.

ON TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED, THE PILOT PUSHED THE NOSE DOWN TO REGAIN CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY. AS A RESULT, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR CONTACTED THE RUNWAY FIRST AND WAS SHEARED FROM THE AIRCRAFT.

THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY ON THE NORTH SIDE AND CAME TO REST IN THE GRASS AREA.