20230808014539I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Grumman G-44A · Columbiana, AL · August 8, 2023

Date
August 8, 2023 · 07:45 local
Place
Columbiana, AL
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N86609
Reported as
Grumman G-44A
Reported engine
Continental I0-470 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
8,090 total35 in this make and model25 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.

Student allowed final approach speed to decay. CFI did not recover in a timely manner, allowing airplane to touch down in a "crab". Left sponson struts buckled due to sideload.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT ALLOWED FINAL APPROACH SPEED TO DECAY. CFI DID NOT RECOVER IN A TIMELY MANNER, ALLOWING AIRPLANE TO TOUCH DOWN IN A "CRAB". LEFT SPONSON STRUTS BUCKLED DUE TO SIDELOAD.