# Incident 20200626007589I: Gulfstream American Corp AA-5B, Luce County, MI, June 26, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 2020, 11:30 local time
- Place: Luce County, MI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.7140° N, 85.5641° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Luce County, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.7140&lon=-85.5641&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4554J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4554J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gulfstream American AA-5B (registry code 3970106, https://openairdocs.org/model/gulfstream-american-aa-5b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULFSTREAM AMERICAN CORP AA-5B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 360 total, 160 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200626007589I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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.

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.

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