- Date
- July 6, 1991, 17:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Clarksville, MD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1615RGrumman AA-5
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910706062319A
- Case key
- 11691
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper flare and failure to arrest his descent rate.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot reported that he was practicing a short field landing to runway 31. He stated that the winds were variable and gusting to 10 knots. While on approach from an altitude of about 150 feet (AGL), the pilot initiated a forward slip to the left and developed a 500 ft/min rate of descent, while maintaining short field approach speed. Recovery from the slip was initiated at about 50 feet AGL and an attempt was made to arrest the sink
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1615R
- Reported as
- Grumman AA-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 715
- Airframe hours
- 1,658
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E26, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Peter F. Bythrow
- Registered owner
- Peter F. Bythrow
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 3, 1990 · 85 hours before
- Departed
- W54 · Carrol Country, MD
- Airport
- MD24 · Haysfield, runway 31, 2,100 × 150 ft, grass/turf
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,119 total · 425 in this make and model · 1,565 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 95 °F, dew point 81 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BWI, 15 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.