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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Grumman American Avn. AA-1B · Salinas, CA · February 16, 2016

Date
February 16, 2016 · 18:29 local
Place
Salinas, CA
Airport
Salinas Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9576L
Reported as
Grumman American Avn. AA-1B
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-235 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
705 total200 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 airman stated he made a normal approach and landing. During the landing roll the aircraft begain to porpoise. This continued until the nose gear failed.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRMAN STATED HE MADE A NORMAL APPROACH AND LANDING. DURING THE LANDING ROLL THE AIRCRAFT BEGAIN TO PORPOISE. THIS CONTINUED UNTIL THE NOSE GEAR FAILED.

Other reports on N9576L · 2

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