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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Grumman American Avn. AA-5A · La Porte, TX · August 7, 2014

Date
August 7, 2014 · 21:30 local
Place
La Porte, TX
Airport
La Porte Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
GR8S
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9745U
Reported as
Grumman American Avn. AA-5A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
24,000 total10,000 in this make and model125 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.

Student was with an instructor performing night landings. The student was attempting a night landing on runway 12 with cross winds out of the south at 10 knots. During the flare to land, the aircraft drifted to the left and the student moved the right wing down followed by the left wing down. The aircraft continued to drift to the left of the runway and descending. The instructor added full power and leveled the wings as the aircraft landed in the infield grass with the left wing down, coming to rest on a heading of 075 degrees. Normal shutdown, egress accomplished with no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT WAS WITH AN INSTRUCTOR PERFORMING NIGHT LANDINGS. THE STUDENT WAS ATTEMPTING A NIGHT LANDING ON RUNWAY 12 WITH CROSS WINDS OUT OF THE SOUTH AT 10 KNOTS. DURING THE FLARE TO LAND, THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED TO THE LEFT AND THE STUDENT MOVED THE RIGHT WING DOWN FOLLOWED BY THE LEFT WING DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO DRIFT TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY AND DESCENDING. THE INSTRUCTOR ADDED FULL POWER AND LEVELED THE WINGS AS THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN THE INFIELD GRASS WITH THE LEFT WING DOWN, COMING TO REST ON A HEADING OF 075 DEGREES. NORMAL SHUTDOWN, EGRESS ACCOMPLISHED WITH NO INJURIES.

Other reports on N9745U · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.