- Date
- March 6, 1986, 15:01 local (20:01 UTC)
- Place
- Fayetteville, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N26171Grumman American AA5A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860306005649A
- Case key
- 7070
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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
During landing roll the pilot lost directional control of the aircraft. The aircraft ground looped and swerved off the runway. The pilot stated that he should have been more diligent in correcting for the crosswind condition.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N26171
- Reported as
- Grumman American AA5A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA5A0463
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2G, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Ram Air Freight
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 2, 1985 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- MEB · Laurinburg, NC
- Airport
- FAY · Fayetteville Muni, runway 22, 7,204 × 150 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
- 24
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,780 total · 400 in this make and model · 1,600 as pilot in command · 320 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FAY
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 N26171 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.