- Date
- January 15, 1983, 21:25 local (Jan 16, 1983, 03:25 UTC)
- Place
- Nacogdoches, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N45344Grumman American AA-5B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830116002229A
- Case key
- 20793
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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.
Analysis
During arrival, the acft was high on final approach. The plt elected to continue the landing with full flaps, but after touchdown, he was unable to stop on the remaining runway. After overrunning the runway, the acft nosed over in a 10 ft drainage ditch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45344
- Reported as
- Grumman American AA-5B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA-5B-T266
- Airframe hours
- 713
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4K, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- David M. Blacklock
- Registered owner
- Nacogdoches Aviation Group,Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 10, 1982
- Departed
- ADS · Dallas, TX
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- OCH · East Texas Regional, runway 15, 3,600 × 75 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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 210 total · 53 in this make and model · 157 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.