# Incident 20140807017139I: Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5A, La Porte, TX, August 7, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 2014, 21:30 local time
- Place: La Porte, TX
- Airport: La Porte Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: GR8S
- Location: 29.6693° N, 95.0642° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LA PORTE MUNI (T41), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6693&lon=-95.0642&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9745U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9745U-2022-07-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5A (registry code 3960106, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN AMERICAN AVN. CORP. AA-5A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 24,000 total, 10,000 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140807017139I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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.

- [Incident 20110818017719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110818017719I), Aug 18, 2011: Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5A (N9745U), Houston, TX, Minor damage. Student pilot took off from Ellington Airport at approx. 11:30 a. m. and preceded to gls to do some touch and goes. Upon touch down (mains) at gls he became…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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