- Date
- July 11, 1985, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Sonora, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4520BGrumman AA5B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850711030999A
- Case key
- 21797
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While landing at an unfamiliar strip, the plt observed a rough surface at the apch end, and landed one halfway down the down-sloping 2300 ft rwy. He tried to go around, but could not accelerate enough, and the acft rolled thru 2 fences, trees, then stopped against another fence. The density alt was 5400 ft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4520B
- Reported as
- Grumman AA5B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA5B1060
- Airframe hours
- 1,340
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4K, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Mike Shelton
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 21, 1984
- Departed
- E02 · Odessa, TX
- Airport
- 86R · Texas A&M Exp. Research, runway 16, 2,065 × 60 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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 351 total · 322 in this make and model · 330 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- SJT
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.