- Date
- August 12, 1983, 20:15 local (Aug 13, 1983, 01:15 UTC)
- Place
- Grove, OK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N26468Grumman AA-5A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830812074169A
- Case key
- 21012
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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
The acft was high & fast on final apch & touched down about 1/3 of the way down the rwy. The nosewheel touched down 1st & the acft began to porpoise. The plt applied power to stop the porpoise, then elected to go around. In order to avoid trees near the end of the rwy, the plt turned right to where there was a clearing for a highway. He then maneuvered to avoid a big camper & a power line, but began losing airspeed. Finally, while turning back to the left, the left wing hit a road sign & the acft crashed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N26468
- Reported as
- Grumman AA-5A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA5A061
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2G, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Aero Country Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- TX05 · Mckinney, TX
- Airport
- Monkey Island, runway 18, 2,600 × 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 132 total · 11 in this make and model · 74 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 115° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 95 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.