# NTSB CEN24LA034: Grumman American Avn. AA-5, N9568U, Fort Worth, TX, November 8, 2023 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: November 8, 2023, 08:30 local (14:30 UTC) - Place: Fort Worth, TX - Coordinates: 32.930566, -97.412362 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9306&lon=-97.4124&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Taxi: Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: FAA North Texas FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 193362 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN24LA034 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/193362/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=193362 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA034 ## Probable cause The distraction of the pilot during the taxi, resulting in a ground collision. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Grumman American Avn. AA-5A, 7 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=3960106), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Attention/monitoring: monitoring environment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021545): Personnel issues › Psychological · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Grumman American Avn. AA-5A, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021545/cases.md?model=3960106), [All aircraft, 809 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021545/cases.md) - [Attention/monitoring: attention](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021510): Personnel issues › Psychological · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Grumman American Avn. AA-5A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021510/cases.md?model=3960106), [All aircraft, 226 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021510/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Taxi: Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200) (defining event); cases with it: [Grumman American Avn. AA-5A, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200/sequence.md?model=3960106), [All aircraft, 618 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot reported that after landing at the airport, he was taxing the airplane on the dry asphalt. During the taxi, he observed a motorcycle on the taxiway coming toward the airplane. While focusing on the motorcycle, the right wing impacted several garbage cans, the airplane turned to the right, and impacted a hangar door. The airplane came to rest upright, and the pilot was able to egress from the airplane without further incident. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airframe or the engine that would have precluded normal operation. This was the pilot’s first visit to the airport, and he reported he did not visually observe the garbage cans during the taxi, as they were in an area that was shadowed from a hangar. According to the Federal Aviation Administration Chart Supplement for the airport, the remarks section states, “uncontrolled vehicle tfc inv of hangars and on twys.” ## Aircraft - Registration: [N9568U](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9568U), registered now, S/N AA5A-0068, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: GRUMMAN AMERICAN AVN. CORP. AA-5 (A) - Registry model: [Grumman American Avn. AA-5A](https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5a) (registry code 3960106) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: AA5A-0068 - Year built: 1975 - Airframe hours: 2123 - Engines: Lycoming Engines O-320-E2G 150 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Centex Cheetahs LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, October 6, 2023 - Airport: T67, Hicks Airfield - Equipment: Stall warning system, Electronic primary flight display, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, ADS-B ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 75; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: basicmed; last flight review October 3, 2022; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 1,806 total, 471 in this make and model, 778 as pilot in command, 43 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 180° at 13 knots, gusting 22 - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Temperature: 68 °F, dew point 63 °F - Altimeter: 29.84 inHg - Observed at: KAFW, 6 nm away - METAR: KAFW 081353Z 18013G22KT 10SM FEW015 20/17 A2984 RMK AO2 SLP095 T02000172 ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20231108021289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231108021289A), Nov 8, 2023: Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5A, Fort Worth, TX, Substantial damage. At approx. 0830 local, November 8, 2023, the pilot landed at hicks airport (T67) in Fort Worth, Texas. The pilot was taxiing to a parking spot, he claimed to… ## Other investigations on N9568U (1) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB DEN78FTC27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN78FTC27), Jun 25, 1978: Grum Amer AA-5A (N9568U), Evanston, WY, substantial damage ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 13, 2023, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=193362. 3.1 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 9 pages, 1.4 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=16378840&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=NTSB%20Form%206120_1%20Redacted-Rel.pdf - Accident photograhs (item 2, PDF, 4 pages, 1.6 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=16378435&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Accident%20Photographs-Rel.pdf - FAA chart supplement - T67 (item 3, PDF, 1 page, 65 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=16377975&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=FAA%20Chart%20Supplement%20-%20T67-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.