# NTSB CHI83LA355: Grumman AA1B, N8952L, Alexandria, IN, August 3, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 3, 1983, 12:05 local (17:05 UTC)
- Place: Alexandria, IN
- Location: 40.2325° N, 85.6375° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALEXANDRIA (I99), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2325&lon=-85.6375&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): 12291
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA355
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12291/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA355

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT NOSED OVER WHILE LANDING AFTER THE ACFT STALLED AND DRAGGED THE RIGHT WING. THE PILOT STATED HE MADE A NORMAL APPROACH, HEARD THE STALL WARNING AS HE LEVELED OFF AND LOST CONTROL AS THE RIGHT WING STRUCK THE GROUND. WHEN THE NOSE GEAR CAME DOWN IT BROKE OFF AND THE ACFT NOSED OVER. A WITNESS SAID THE ACFT LEVELED OFF ABOUT 20 FT AGL AND STALLED WITH THE RIGHT WING DROPPING AS POWER WAS APPLIED. THE ACFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT, OFF THE RWY AND BECAME INVERTED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8952L](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8952L-1984-07-03), registration cancelled 1984-07-03, S/N AA1B-0402 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN AA1B
- Registry model: [Grumman American Avn. AA-1B](https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-1b) (registry code 3960103) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: AA1B0402
- Airframe hours: 2163
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-A3B 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Ted Moore
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 2, 1983, 32 hours before
- Departed: 50L, KENTLAND, IN
- Destination: I99, ALEXANDRIA, IN
- Airport: I99, Alexandria, runway 27, 2,590 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 56; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 635 total, 135 in this make and model, 569 as pilot in command, 15 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °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 19830803037829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830803037829A), Aug 3, 1983: Gulstm AA1B, Alexandria, IN, Substantial damage. Leveled off too high. Failed to correct until a wing dropped to the runway. Ground looped and nosed over.

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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