# Accident 20150701010059A: Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5A, Mackay, ID, July 1, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 1, 2015, 09:00 local time
- Place: Mackay, ID
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.7825° N, 113.7819° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7825&lon=-113.7819&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9887U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9887U-2018-06-04) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 45 total, 10 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA15CA153](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA153) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150701010059A

## Narrative

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

ON REQUIRED CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHTS THE STUDENT PILOT  INADVERTENTLY FLEW INTO A CANYON UNKNOWN TO HIM AND COULD NOT SUCCESSFULLY EXIT DUE TO AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE LIMITATIONS THEREBY CRASHING THE AIRCRAFT RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB GAA15CA153](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA153), Jul 1, 2015: Grumman American Avn. AA 5A (N9887U), Mackay, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's disorientation in mountainous terrain and course deviation into a canyon, which resulted in the airplane's inability to out climb terrain and a forced landing.

## Other reports on N9887U (1)

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

- [Incident 19930424028319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930424028319I), Apr 24, 1993: Gulstm AA5A (N9887U), Stormville, NY, Minor damage. Aircraft moved off taxiway onto grass. Turned 90 degrees. Struck a parked aircraft.

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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