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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Grumman American Avn. AA-5B · Key West, FL · June 18, 2016

Date
June 18, 2016 · 15:55 local
Place
Key West, FL
Airport
Key West International
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N45333
Reported as
Grumman American Avn. AA-5B
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot

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 aircraft started departure roll, got airborne then banked right, slight loss of control, made contact with the ground, ran off runway and came to a stop.

Damage to the right hand landing gear was evident due to ground impact.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT STARTED DEPARTURE ROLL, GOT AIRBORNE THEN BANKED RIGHT, SLIGHT LOSS OF CONTROL, MADE CONTACT WITH THE GROUND, RAN OFF RUNWAY AND CAME TO A STOP.

DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT HAND LANDING GEAR WAS EVIDENT DUE TO GROUND IMPACT.