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FAA incident report · Gulfstream American AA-5B · Luce County, MI · June 26, 2020

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Date
June 26, 2020 · 11:30 local
Place
Luce County, MI
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4554J
Reported as
Gulfstream American AA-5B
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
360 total160 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days
N4554JRegistered now · Gulfstream American AA-5BS/N AA5B1210Airframe modelGulfstream American AA-5B

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What happened

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On June 26, 2020 at 1130 local time a Grumman American AA-5B aircraft, N4554J, registered to and operated by a private pilot, received minor damage during an attempted aborted landing on runway 25 at the two hearted river airstrip (6Y5), Luce County, Michigan. Visual meteorological conditions and moderate cross winds prevailed at the time of the accident. The personal flight was being conducted under the provisions of title 14 code of federal regulations (CFR) part 91 without a flight plan. The pilot and passenger were not injured. The local flight originated from coleman a. young memorial airport (kdet), detroit, Michigan at approximately 0930L.

According to the pilot this was the first time he had been to this airport and was landing on runway 25, which is dirt/sod, using soft field landing procedures. Touchdown was normal but, approximately 75 yards down the runway, he felt the aircraft hit a rise and become temporarily airborne. The pilot elected to perform a go-around and applied full power; the aircraft veered to the left and settled back to the ground. Once again on the ground, the aircraft left the runway surface area and became lodged in the soft sand collapsing the nose gear allowing the propeller to strike the ground and stopping the engine. The pilot performed shutdown procedures as he and his passenger exited the aircraft.

Photographs show the aircraft on its nose with the front landing gear collapsed and separated from the fuselage. The bottom engine cowl shows some crush damage. One propeller tip is bent aft with cordwise scratching. No other damage to the aircraft can be detected.

Weather report at kery airport (26 miles from 6Y5) at 1715 UTC was: 32008G14KT, 3/4SM hz, ovc 023, 20/17, A2975.

As the FAA filed it

ON JUNE 26, 2020 AT 1130 LOCAL TIME A GRUMMAN AMERICAN AA-5B AIRCRAFT, N4554J, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE DURING AN ATTEMPTED ABORTED LANDING ON RUNWAY 25 AT THE TWO HEARTED RIVER AIRSTRIP (6Y5), LUCE COUNTY, MICHIGAN. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND MODERATE CROSS WINDS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 91 WITHOUT A FLIGHT PLAN. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE LOCAL FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM COLEMAN A. YOUNG MEMORIAL AIRPORT (KDET), DETROIT, MICHIGAN AT APPROXIMATELY 0930L.

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME HE HAD BEEN TO THIS AIRPORT AND WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 25, WHICH IS DIRT/SOD, USING SOFT FIELD LANDING PROCEDURES. TOUCHDOWN WAS NORMAL BUT, APPROXIMATELY 75 YARDS DOWN THE RUNWAY, HE FELT THE AIRCRAFT HIT A RISE AND BECOME TEMPORARILY AIRBORNE. THE PILOT ELECTED TO PERFORM A GO-AROUND AND APPLIED FULL POWER; THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT AND SETTLED BACK TO THE GROUND. ONCE AGAIN ON THE GROUND, THE AIRCRAFT LEFT THE RUNWAY SURFACE AREA AND BECAME LODGED IN THE SOFT SAND COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR ALLOWING THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE GROUND AND STOPPING THE ENGINE. THE PILOT PERFORMED SHUTDOWN PROCEDURES AS HE AND HIS PASSENGER EXITED THE AIRCRAFT.

PHOTOGRAPHS SHOW THE AIRCRAFT ON ITS NOSE WITH THE FRONT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND SEPARATED FROM THE FUSELAGE. THE BOTTOM ENGINE COWL SHOWS SOME CRUSH DAMAGE. ONE PROPELLER TIP IS BENT AFT WITH CORDWISE SCRATCHING. NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT CAN BE DETECTED.

WEATHER REPORT AT KERY AIRPORT (26 MILES FROM 6Y5) AT 1715 UTC WAS: 32008G14KT, 3/4SM HZ, OVC 023, 20/17, A2975.