# Incident 20250325005369I: Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5B, Minden, LA, March 25, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 2025, 15:30 local time
- Place: Minden, LA
- Airport: Minden
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6460° N, 93.2981° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MINDEN (MNE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6460&lon=-93.2981&mi=10
- Aircraft: N28857, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N28857) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5B (registry code 3960105, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5b) (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: GRUMMAN AMERICAN AVN. CORP. AA-5B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 321 total, 278 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250325005369I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 25, 2025 A STUDENT PILOT FLYING SOLO LANDED HARD AT MNE IN A GRUMMAN AA-5B.  DURING LANDING THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND THE FRONT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED DOWN THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N28857 (1)

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

- [Incident 20020701015839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020701015839I), Jul 1, 2002: Amrgen AA5B (N28857), Hartford, CT, Minor damage. (-23) On 07/01/02, at 17:26Z, N28857, an AA-5B on final for runway 20 at hfd. One quarter mile out on an upwind approach the pilot saw an aircraft approaching…

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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