- Date
- June 2, 1983, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Clinton, MD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9542LGrumman AA-5
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Case key
- 15792
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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
In-flight planning/decision - improper use ofCause
Analysis
The student pilot ballooned during the flare, then landed hared on runway. The nosegear failed and the acft slid down the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9542L
- Reported as
- Grumman AA-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3960104
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2G, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Terry D. Stice
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- W32 · Hyde, runway 31, 2,000 × 40 ft, asphalt
N9542LRegistration cancelled Dec 4, 2021 · Grumman American Avn. AA-5Airframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-5Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 30 total · 30 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None