- Date
- June 7, 1987, 14:08 local (19:08 UTC)
- Place
- Middleton, WI
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1358RGrumman American AA-5
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 22, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870607018769A
- Case key
- 13644
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot had communicated with other pilots concerning the difficulties he was having with the winds. He had already attempted approaches to two other runways but had failed to complete a landing. He asked the pilot of a recent arrival for the wind information. He then attempted a landing to runway 18. The aircraft struck a threshold marker, half of the elevator was severed from the aircraft, the aircraft bounced several times on the runway, and then witnesses stated thatthey heard the power being added and the aircraft accelerated. The aircraft was described by witnesses as flying erratically. The aircraft struck a tree and then the ground with a post impact fire erupting immediately. A witness reported the winds from 240 degrees at 15 gusting to 25.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1358R
- Reported as
- Grumman American AA-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA5-0758
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2G, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard C. Stephenson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 4, 1988
- Departed
- PCZ · Waupaca, WI
- Airport
- C29 · Morey Airport, runway 18, 2,260 × 135 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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 78 total · 14 in this make and model · 37 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MSN, 10 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 N1358R · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.