- Date
- June 8, 1999, 06:00 local (11:00 UTC)
- Place
- Demotte, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3791ZGrumman American AA-5B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report January 18, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19990608006629A
- Case key
- 46512
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Probable cause
The pilot's misjudging distance/speed resulting in an overrun. A contributing factor was the wet condition of the turf runway.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The private pilot conducted a local flight. On landing he allowed the airplane to touch down approximately 1,000 feet down the 2,600 foot runway. He was unable to stop the airplane on the remaining runway due to the wet turf runway. The pilot told investigators that he did not realize the runway was wet prior to the accident. An examination of the airplane after the accident failed to reveal any pre-existing anomalies.
Factual narrative
On June 8, 1999, at 0600 eastern standard time, a Grumman American AA-5B, N3791Z, registered to an individual, sustained substantial damage during an overrun on landing on a turf runway, at a private airport, near Demotte, Indiana. The private pilot reported no injuries. The personal 14 CFR Part 91 flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions. No flight plan was on file. The local flight departed at 0530.
The pilot said that he landed about 1,000 feet down the 2,600 foot runway and was unable to stop on the remaining runway. He said that he did not realize that the runway was wet prior to the accident.
Subsequent to the accident an examination of the airplane failed to reveal any pre-existing mechanical anomalies.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3791Z
- Reported as
- Grumman American AA-5B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA5B-1254
- Airframe hours
- 562
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4K, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Stephen C. Hoffman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 2, 1999 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- 3C0
- Airport
- 3C0 · Demotte, runway 36, 2,600 × 150 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
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,040 total · 2 in this make and model · 943 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.