# Incident 20200805013449I: American General Acft Corp AG5B, Ramona, CA, August 5, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 2020, 13:20 local time
- Place: Ramona, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0417° N, 116.8681° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ramona, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0417&lon=-116.8681&mi=10
- Aircraft: N957UM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N957UM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American General Acft AG5B (registry code 3990100, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-general-acft-ag5b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMERICAN GENERAL ACFT CORP AG5B
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,241 total, 666 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200805013449I

## Narrative

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

PILOT TOOK OFF FROM RNM TO FLY TO F70, L18, AND BACK TO RNM.  LANDINGS AT F70 AND L18 WERE FINE.  WHEN HE FLARED OUT ON HIS LAST LANDING AT RNM HE INDICATED THAT EVERYTHING LOOKED AND FELT NORMAL.  WHEN HE TOUCHED DOWN HE FELT A BUMP AND THE AIRCRAFT PORPOISED. BY THE TIME HE ADDED POWER HE BELIEVES HE HAD STRUCK THE PROP 3 TIMES.  AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP AND HE COULD NOT STEER IT OFF THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N957UM (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20140121000279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140121000279I), Jan 21, 2014: American General Acft Corp AG5B (N957UM), Ramona, CA, Minor damage. During landing, the aircraft began to "porpoise" and the pilot was not able to recover before the aircraft nosed into the ground. This was determined to be a…

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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