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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Grumman American Avn. AA-5A · Nashua, NH · February 21, 2018

Date: February 21, 2018 · 14:40 local
Place: Nashua, NH
Airport: Boire Field
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N26422
Reported as: Grumman American Avn. AA-5A
Reported engine: Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 379 total285 in this make and model3 in the last 90 days

N26422Registered now · Grumman American Avn. AA-5AS/N AA5A0582 · Built 1978 Airframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-5A Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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PIC of N26422 was conducting touch and go flight maneuvers at kash. Conditions at the field were a right front crosswind with winds reported from the kash METAR at 190 7G16KT. After completing a first touch and go with slight left drift, the PIC initiated a second approach. The PIC reported that as the aircraft settled prior to touchdown the aircraft drifted left resulting in the left main landing gear wheel and nose wheel touching down in the sod left of the runway. The PIC then applied power, initiating a go-around. The result of the aircraft touching down in the sod was damage caused to a runway edge light as well as superficial damage to the aircraft nose wheel pant.

As the FAA filed it

PIC OF N26422 WAS CONDUCTING TOUCH AND GO FLIGHT MANEUVERS AT KASH. CONDITIONS AT THE FIELD WERE A RIGHT FRONT CROSSWIND WITH WINDS REPORTED FROM THE KASH METAR AT 190 7G16KT. AFTER COMPLETING A FIRST TOUCH AND GO WITH SLIGHT LEFT DRIFT, THE PIC INITIATED A SECOND APPROACH. THE PIC REPORTED THAT AS THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED LEFT RESULTING IN THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WHEEL AND NOSE WHEEL TOUCHING DOWN IN THE SOD LEFT OF THE RUNWAY. THE PIC THEN APPLIED POWER, INITIATING A GO-AROUND. THE RESULT OF THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHING DOWN IN THE SOD WAS DAMAGE CAUSED TO A RUNWAY EDGE LIGHT AS WELL AS SUPERFICIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT NOSE WHEEL PANT.