20200421004549A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Grumman American Avn. AA-5B · Bloomimgdale, GA · April 21, 2020

Date
April 21, 2020 · 14:46 local
Place
Bloomimgdale, GA
Airport
Cypress Lakes
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N314JG
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA20CA155
Reported as
Grumman American Avn. AA-5B
Reported engine
Lycoming O-360
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,035 total1,034 in this make and model6 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.

On April 21, 2020 at approximately 1445 local time, pilot privacy data omitted of N314JG, Grumman tiger aircraft attempted to land on runway 31 at Cypress Lakes fly in community airport (GA35), runway is listed as a 2700 feet grass strip by 100 feet wide with trees on both sides of the runway. Weather at time of event; ksav 2116532 28006KT 10SM FEVV250 26/08 A2991 rmk AO2 SLP128 T02610078. The aircraft was approximately 1000 feet down runway 31 at approximately 50 to 76 feet in the air when the left wing contacted trees on left side of runway, the aircraft left wing was ripped off the plane, the plane continue into the trees and cartwheeled to the ground coming to a stop laying on its left side.

As the FAA filed it

ON APRIL 21, 2020 AT APPROXIMATELY 1445 LOCAL TIME, PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OF N314JG, GRUMMAN TIGER AIRCRAFT ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 31 AT CYPRESS LAKES FLY IN COMMUNITY AIRPORT (GA35), RUNWAY IS LISTED AS A 2700 FEET GRASS STRIP BY 100 FEET WIDE WITH TREES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RUNWAY. WEATHER AT TIME OF EVENT; KSAV 2116532 28006KT 10SM FEVV250 26/08 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP128 T02610078. THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET DOWN RUNWAY 31 AT APPROXIMATELY 50 TO 76 FEET IN THE AIR WHEN THE LEFT WING CONTACTED TREES ON LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT LEFT WING WAS RIPPED OFF THE PLANE, THE PLANE CONTINUE INTO THE TREES AND CARTWHEELED TO THE GROUND COMING TO A STOP LAYING ON ITS LEFT SIDE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.