# NTSB CHI83LA159: Grumman AA-5B, N1517R, Fraser, MI, April 1, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 1, 1983, 13:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place: Fraser, MI
- Coordinates: 42.530609, -82.940483 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5306&lon=-82.9405&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12127
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA159
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12127/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA159

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Undershoot, landing
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - turbulence (contributing factor)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall/mush - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - proper descent rate - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- Gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
- Nose over, landing - roll

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN AA-5B
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: AA5B-0017
- Airframe hours: 3205
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 30; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830401010719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830401010719A), Apr 1, 1983: Gulstm AA5B, Fraser, MI, Substantial damage. Stalled 50 feet above ground on short final while landing in gusty wind. Airplane flipped over on impact.

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.

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