- Date
- August 20, 1982, 19:20 local (23:20 UTC)
- Place
- Frankford, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N26805Grumman AA-5A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 20, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820820044559A
- Case key
- 70737
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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.
Hard landing
Weather condition - rainFactor
Flight controls - improper use ofCause
Lack of total experience in type operationCause
Flare - improperCause
Loss of control - on ground/water
Terrain condition - wetFactor
Ground loop/swerve - uncontrolledFactor
Analysis
The pilot landed hard and lost directional control of the aircraft. He executed the landing into a 19 kt head wind, in the rain, with a wet runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N26805
- Reported as
- Grumman AA-5A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA5A-0737
- Airframe hours
- 1,210
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2G, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bowman Aviation
- Registered owner
- Bowman Aviation
- Departed
- FWA · Fort Wayne, IN
- Destination
- SHN · Shelton, WA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 3D4 · Frankford, runway 32, 2,750 × 80 ft, asphalt
N26805Registered now · Gulfstream American AA-5AAirframe modelGulfstream American AA-5AEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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
- 28
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 58 total · 4 in this make and model · 8 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 19 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 165 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.