# Incident 20220310008909I: American Aviation AA-1A, Linden, NJ, March 10, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 2022, 11:00 local time
- Place: Linden, NJ
- Airport: Linden
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6174° N, 74.2446° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LINDEN (LDJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6174&lon=-74.2446&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6371L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6371L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American AA-1A (registry code 0630710, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-aa-1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMERICAN AVIATION AA-1A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 15,500 total, 78 in this make and model, 207 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220310008909I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 10, 2022, AT APPROXIMATELY 1100 LOCAL TIME AT KLDJ AIRPORT, THE PILOT FLEW AIRCRAFT N6371L AND CONDUCTED A ROUTINE VISUAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 27. THE APPROACH RESULTED IN A HARD LANDING THAT SUBSEQUENTLY COLLAPSED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR AND CAUSED THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT SHUT THE AIRCRAFT DOWN AND BOTH HE AND HIS PASSENGER WERE ABLE TO PROMPTLY REMOVE THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE RUNWAY. THE CREWMEMBERS REPORTED NO INJURIES. THE PILOT HAD NOT FLOWN A GRUMMAN FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AND DURING THE LANDING APPROACH AND TOUCHDOWN TRANSITION (FLARE), MISJUDGED HIS ACTUAL HEIGHT ABOVE THE GROUND WHICH THEN RESULTED IN A HARD LANDING. THE PILOT ADMITTED THAT HE WOULD HAVE BENEFITED FROM A FLIGHT WITH AN EXPERIENCED GRUMMAN PILOT BEFORE VENTURING ON HIS OWN.

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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