# NTSB CHI83LA281: Grumman AA5, N123JS, Monee, IL, June 25, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 25, 1983, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Monee, IL
- Location: 41.3774° N, 87.6797° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BULT FLD (C56), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3774&lon=-87.6797&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12233
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA281
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12233/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA281

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, landing
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - level off - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - aborted landing - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - go-around - initiated, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - raising of flaps - not selected, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing

## Analysis

THE ACFT CRASHED ON THE LEFT WING TIP INTO A BEAN FIELD DURING A GO-AROUND. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE APPROACH WAS HIGH.THE ACFT BALLOONED AND BOUNCED AT TOUCHDOWN. THE PILOT THOUGHT THAT THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH RUNWAY LEFT SO SHE STARTED A GO-AROUND. AT ABOUT 25 FEET AGL SHE LOST CONTROL AND THE LEFT WING DROPPED. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF TO THE LEFT AND THE LEFT WING DUG INTO THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT CARTWHEELED INTO THE BEAN FIELD. THE PILOT HAD LOWERED FULL FLAPS FOR THE LANDING AND DID NOT RETRACT THE FLAPS FOR THE GO-AROUND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N123JS](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N123JS-1989-02-06), registration cancelled 1989-02-06, S/N AA5A0638 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN AA5
- Registry model: [Grumman American Avn. AA-5A](https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5a) (registry code 3960106) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 0638
- Airframe hours: 1456
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: E And C Aero Services
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 13, 1983, 56 hours before
- Departed: ALN, ALTON, IL
- Airport: C56, Sanger, runway 9, 2,400 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 31; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 162 total, 10 in this make and model, 82 as pilot in command, 20 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 90° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 91 °F

## 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 19830625026669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830625026669A), Jun 25, 1983: Gulstm AA5A, Monee, IL, Substantial damage. Pilot attempted go around and wing struck ground causing aircraft to ground loop.

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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