- Date
- May 20, 1984, 14:35 local (19:35 UTC)
- Place
- Millstadt, IL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8973LGrumman AA-1B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840520051669A
- Case key
- 12618
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft was stalled during the landing approach over trees to an 1800 ft strip. After clearing the trees the plt reduced the power to idle while aprx 30 ft AGL. The acft stalled, contacted the soft plowed soil and nosed over about 150 ft short of the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8973L
- Reported as
- Grumman AA-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA1B0425
- Airframe hours
- 1,626
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Michael M. Grdnic
- Registered owner
- Mathew M. Grunic
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 17, 1983 · 33 hours before
- Departed
- Millstadt, IL
- Destination
- Millstadt, IL
- Airport
- Rla, runway 27, 1,880 × 50 ft, grass/turf
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
- 68
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 965 total · 76 in this make and model · 4 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CPS, 6 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.
Other investigations on N8973L · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.