- Date
- May 7, 1984, 20:15 local (May 8, 1984, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- Smithfield, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N28239Grumman AA-5B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840507017379A
- Case key
- 6453
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Light condition - nightFactor
Recovery from bounced landing - improperCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertentCause
On ground/water collision with object
Object - tree(s)Factor
Analysis
The plt had only 1 hr of night experience & was practicing night landings to maintain currency. During a landing, the acft bounced & the plt added power to recover. As power was applied, the acft went off the left side of the rwy & subsequently collided with a tree.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28239
- Reported as
- Grumman AA-5B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA5B0957
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4K, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Johnson Aviation Smithfield
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- W27 · Johnson County, runway 21, 3,700 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 61 total · 7 in this make and model · 29 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 190° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RDU, 30 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.