# NTSB investigations: Grumman American Avn. AA-5B: Overrun

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB CHI01LA266](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA266.md): Grumman AA-5B · Beaver Island, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 5, 2001 · N4545T · Substantial damage
  > The pilot misjudged the approach and landing, and his failure to abort the landing. Factors associated with the accident were the trees at the approach end of the runway and the sand/gravel pit that the airplane traveled into.
- [NTSB FTW95LA334](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW95LA334.md): Grumman American AA-5B · 0wasso, OK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 6, 1995 · N4546J · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's delayed decision to abort the takeoff. The pilot's failure to properly calculate the performance data prior to takeoff was a factor.
- [NTSB ATL92LA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL92LA016.md): Gulfstream American AA5A · Burnsville, NC · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 27, 1991 · N74279 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadequate preflight planning and the selection of takeoff runway with an upslope for takeoff. Factors were the pilot's lack of experience with the geographical area and the high density altitude.
- [NTSB BFO91LA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO91LA045.md): Grumman AA5B · College Park, MD · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 28, 1991 · N20NA · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control. Related factors were: hydroplaning conditions on the wet runway and the pilot's lack of recent experience.
- [NTSB NYC90LA196](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC90LA196.md): Grumman AA5B · Stow, MA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 15, 1990 · N81286 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to properly plan the approach which resulted in the pilot misjudging the touch down point and landed long.
- [NTSB MKC88LA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC88LA009.md): Grumman American AA5B · Branson, MO · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 18, 1987 · N499GT · Substantial damage
  > During a lndg on a 3600 ft strip, the acft touched down long. The acft ran off the departure end of the rwy and collided with the terrain causing substantial damage to the acft. Witnesses said they could not find any skid marks along the path taken by the…
- [NTSB DEN84FA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84FA027.md): Grumman American AA-5B · Boulder, CO · Accident · 4 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Nov 20, 1983 · N28420 · Destroyed
  > According to witnesses, the plt had made 3 attempts to land & during each attempt he overshot his approach & executed a go-around without touching down. On the fourth attempt he did touch down but appeared to be too fast & the acft skipped & bounced. After…
- [NTSB FTW83LA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA091.md): Grumman American AA-5B · Nacogdoches, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 16, 1983 · N45344 · Substantial damage
  > During arrival, the acft was high on final approach. The plt elected to continue the landing with full flaps, but after touchdown, he was unable to stop on the remaining runway. After overrunning the runway, the acft nosed over in a 10 ft drainage ditch.
- [NTSB ATL82DA262](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82DA262.md): Grumman AA5B · Darlington, SC · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Sep 2, 1982 · N28311 · Substantial damage
  > Wind shifted to tailwind as pilot was landing. He considered a go-around because of speed but thought he could stop. As he went off the end the wing collided with a tree.
- [NTSB LAX82DA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DA108.md): Grum Amer AA-5B · Placerville, CA · Accident · Minor injuries · Final report · Apr 16, 1982 · N28867 · Substantial damage
  > When the pilot arrived at the airport, the top surfaces of the aircraft were covered with about two inches of snow. He stated that his preflight included a complete removal of the snow. However, he also stated that during the takeoff roll, there was a layer…

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('3960105')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 340))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=3960105&occurrence=340

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