- Date
- September 8, 1983, 12:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place
- Fairmont, WV
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N28706Grumman AA-5B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830908047019A
- Case key
- 6197
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Analysis
The plt reported that during arrival, he flew over the field, checked the wind indicator, then elected to land on rwy 4. While in the traffic pattern, he noticed tall trees at the apch end of the rwy & that the rwy dropped off at the other end. He made his apch over the trees, then touched down about halfway down the downward sloping rwy. The acft bounced & he added power to recover. He stated that he did not feel there was sufficient rwy remaining to clear trees at the departure end or to stop prior to running off the end where the terrain dropped off. Therefore, the plt elected to go off the rwy & ground loop the the acft. When he did this, the gear collapsed & the acft skidded about 100 ft before coming to rest.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28706
- Reported as
- Grumman AA-5B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA580767
- Airframe hours
- 1,878
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2G, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Falcon Aero Club
- Registered owner
- Ronald A. Ripley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 1, 1983 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- MGW · Morgantown, WV
- Airport
- 4G7 · Fairmont Municipal, runway 4, 2,810 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 59
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,000 total · 40 in this make and model · 4,000 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CKB, 16 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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