- Date
- April 1, 1983, 13:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Fraser, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1517RGrumman AA-5B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830401010719A
- Case key
- 12127
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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.
Undershoot
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Weather condition - turbulenceFactor
Proper touchdown point - not attainedCause
Flare - improperCause
Stall/mush - not correctedCause
Hard landing
Proper descent rate - not maintainedCause
Gear collapsed
Nose over
Analysis
The aircraft stalled and undershot the runway landing about 100 feet short, where it collided with a ditch and nosed over. The pilot and his wife aboard the aircraft were not injured. The aircraft landed on runway 09 and the wind was from 110 degrees at 15 KTS gusting to 24 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1517R
- Reported as
- Grumman AA-5B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA5B-0017
- Airframe hours
- 3,205
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4K, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Larry Rohl
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 3, 1983 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- BKL · Cleveland, OH
- Destination
- D-13 · Fraser, MI
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- D-13 · Mckinley, runway 9, 2,910 × 50 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 89 total · 15 in this make and model · 49 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 15 knots, gusting 24
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PET, 20 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.