- Date
- October 30, 1983, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Monroe, MI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N27174Grumman American AA-5A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831030055949A
- Case key
- 12486
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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
Airspeed - misjudgedCause
Altitude - misjudgedCause
Loss of control - on ground/water
On ground/water collision with object
Terrain condition - ditchFactor
Analysis
The pilot stated he developed a high sink rate during landing which resulted in a hard landing. The pilot departed the left side of the runway and entered a ditch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N27174
- Reported as
- Grumman American AA-5A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320E2G, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Juan C.Haygood
- Departed
- DTW · Detroit, MI
- Destination
- D92 · Monroe, MI
- Airport
- Monroe Custer, runway 20, 3,500 × 70 ft, asphalt
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Invalid Medical for flight
- Flight hours
- 527 total · 273 in this make and model · 43 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DET
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.