- Date
- April 9, 1990, 13:20 local (17:20 UTC)
- Place
- Stone Mountain, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N74651Grumman AA-5B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900409007949A
- Case key
- 8228
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Probable cause
The pilot's misjudged approach which resulted in a long, fast landing and subsequent overrun of the departure threshold. Factors in the accident were the pilot's failure to lower the flaps and establish a proper glidepath.
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 reported a rough running engine & his intention to land at the airport. He stated he planned to land on rwy 35 but was high when over the rwy. A go-around was executed. He said the engine ran roughly through-out the go-around so he kept his altitude. A long fast landing resulted followed by rwy overrun & nosing over inverted. The airport manager said the engine sputtered when the go-around was begun but ran without hesitation afterwards. The flaps were retracted and there were no flat spots on the tires. Nothing was found to indicate that the engine could not operate. The spark plugs indicated normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N74651
- Reported as
- Grumman AA-5B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA5B-0324
- Airframe hours
- 2,966
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4K, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert E. Bridges
- Registered owner
- Tiger Services, Inc.
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 18, 1989 · 144 hours before
- Departed
- PDK · Chamblee, GA
- Destination
- BUY · Burlington, NC
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 00A · Stone Mountain-Britt Mem., runway 17, 2,812 × 45 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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 387 total · 2 in this make and model · 272 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PDK, 5 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.