- Date
- April 28, 1991, 19:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- College Park, MD
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N20NAGrumman AA5B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910428012859A
- Case key
- 11674
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control. Related factors were: hydroplaning conditions on the wet runway and the pilot's lack of recent experience.
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 a local flight when he noticed a thunderstorm approaching. He headed back to the airport where it was raining and the visibility had lowered. According to the pilot, he landed on runway 15, but when he applied brakes the aircraft began hydroplaning and he was unable to stop. The aircraft collided with a ravine 400 feet beyond the runway end.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N20NA
- Reported as
- Grumman AA5B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA5B-0560
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4K, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Navsea Flying Club, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Norman Griest
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 9, 1990
- Destination
- CGS
- Airport
- CGS · College Park, runway 15, 2,600 × 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
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 422 total · 16 in this make and model · 1 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 16 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DCA, 10 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.