- Date
- September 2, 2009, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Holland, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9649UGrumman American Avn. AA-1C
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control in flight
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 15, 2009
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA-GRR-FSDO
- FAA report
- 20090902048919A
- Case key
- 74674
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during the landing and subsequent go-around.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot stated that he touched down a little early on the 2,998-foot-long runway, and the airplane began to porpoise. He stated that he attempted a go-around but had insufficient airspeed to maintain control of the airplane. The airplane veered to the left of the runway where it settled into an area of trees and brush.
Factual narrative
The pilot stated that he touched down a little early on the 2,998-foot-long runway, and the airplane began to porpoise. He stated that he attempted a go-around but had insufficient airspeed to maintain control of the airplane. The airplane veered to the left of the runway where it settled into an area of trees and brush.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9649U
- Reported as
- Grumman American Avn. AA-1C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA1C0086
- Airframe hours
- 2,606
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235 SERIES, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Steven Stam
- Registered owner
- Steven Stam
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 3, 2009 · 31 hours before
- Departed
- HLM · Holland, MI
- Destination
- HLM · Holland, MI
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- HLM · Holland Park Airport, runway 05, 2,998 × 50 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
- 61
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- April 16, 2009
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 143 total · 22 in this make and model · 80 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.12 inHg
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 1, 2009, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 893 KB in all.
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 N9649U · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.