- Date
- November 20, 1982, 11:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place
- Clinton, MD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5442LGrumman AA5
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 20, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821120059259A
- Case key
- 70285
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot was on final approach behind a Cessna 150 and thought the Cessna would turn off at the first taxiway. The Cessna continued to the second taxiway and the pilot of N5442L elected to go-around. The pilot stated the aircraft seemed to mush as it flew into trees. An instructor pilot on the ground stated N5442L was extremely closed to the Cessna aircraft on the final.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5442L
- Reported as
- Grumman AA5
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0342
- Airframe hours
- 1,025
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- David Cooper & Henri Lubet
- Registered owner
- David Cooper & Henri Lubet
- Departed
- W32 · Clinton, MD
- Destination
- W32 · Clinton, MD
- Airport
- W32 · Hyde, runway 5, 2,800 × 40 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 129 total · 35 in this make and model · 21 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5442L · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.