# Incident 20181017020189I: Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-1B, Salem, MO, October 17, 2018 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: October 17, 2018, 19:10 local time - Place: Salem, MO - Airport: Salem Memorial Airport - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 37.6152° N, 91.6044° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SALEM MEML (K33), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6152&lon=-91.6044&mi=10 - Aircraft: N1410R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1410R-2021-05-08) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-1B (registry code 3960103, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-1b) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: GRUMMAN AMERICAN AVN. CORP. AA-1B - Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Student - Pilot flight hours: 81 total, 81 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181017020189I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ON OCTOBER 17, 2018 AT 14:10 CDT (1910 UTC) AN 81 HOUR STUDENT PILOT IN A GRUMMAN AA-1B DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 35 AT THE SALEM MEMORIAL AIRPORT, K33 AND STRUCK A RUNWAY LIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY 600 FEET FROM THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY AND ROLLED OUT 250 FEET, TURNED 45 DEGREE LEFT AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER AND REGAINED DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WITH THE AIRCRAFT CENTERED ON THE RUNWAY LIGHT LOCATED TEN FEET FROM THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY SURFACE. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR STRUCK THE RUNWAY MARKER LIGHT, PARTIALLY COLLAPSED TO THE REAR AND THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT DROPPED TO THE GROUND AS IT SLID TO A STOP IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE 190 FEET AFTER COLLIDING WITH THE RUNWAY LIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST 60 FEET TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY ON A HEADING OF 300 DEGREES. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED AND EGRESSED WITHOUT ASSISTANCE. THE STUDENT PILOT CONTACTED HIS INSTRUCTOR PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT TO DISCUSS THE LOCAL AREA SOLO FLIGHT. HE CONTACTED THE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION FOR A WEATHER BRIEFING AS ADVISED BY HIS INSTRUCTOR. HE MADE A WEATHER DECISION TO FLY BASED ON HIS UNDERSTANDING THE WINDS WERE OUT OF THE NORTHWEST AT 8 TO 10 KNOTS. HE DETERMINED SOON AFTER A NORMAL TAKEOFF THAT THE WINDS AND TURBULENCE WERE STRONGER THAN EXPECTED. HE MADE A DECISION TO TERMINATE THE FLIGHT AND REMAINED IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN TO RETURN FOR LANDING. THE STUDENT PILOT STATED THE APPROACH AND LANDING WERE UNEVENTFUL UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT MADE AN ABRUPT LEFT TURN. HE REGAINED DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AFTER APPLYING FULL RIGHT RUDDER. WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT. ISOLATED GUSTY CONDITIONS EXISTED AFTER FLIGHT AS REPORTED AT FORT LENARD WOOD 27 MILES TO THE WEST AND ROLLA NATIONAL AIRPORT 21 MILES NORTHWEST. THE FIRST RESPONDERS REPORTED GUSTY WINDS VARYING FROM NORTHWEST TO NORTHEAST AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL ISSUES REPORTED BY THE PILOT PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT. INVESTIGATORS DID NOT DISCOVER ANY MECHANICAL ISSUES DURING THE INVESTIGATION. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.