- Date
- August 10, 1983, 10:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Bishop, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6105LGrumman American AA1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830810039769A
- Case key
- 23818
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft landed hard during a forced landing and collapsed the landing gear pilot reported that 10-15 minutes after takeoff he experienced pitch control problems. He was unable to turn the acft and made a forced landing straight ahead. The pilot stated that possibly he hit a bird but also noted after the accident that a bolt on the elevator trim tab linkage was missing. Maintenance records indicated that on the last 100 hour inspection the rudder, aileron and elevator cables were inspected and the elevator bungee housing was inspected and no defects found. This inspection was performed at a tach time of 1068.3. The tack time after the accident was 1127.74. No evidence of a bird strike was found during examination of the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6105L
- Reported as
- Grumman American AA1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 305
- Airframe hours
- 1,128
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- N. V. Matthis & J. A. Schanker
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 6, 1983 · 59 hours before
- Departed
- BIH · Bishop, CA
- Destination
- VGT · Las Vegas, NV
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- BIH
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
- 55
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,553 total · 70 in this make and model · 70 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BIH, 20 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.