- Date
- July 14, 1984, 09:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Vacaville, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N26938Grumman AA-5A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840714032409A
- Case key
- 24339
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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.
Overrun
Airspeed - excessiveCause
All available runway - not usedCause
Go-around - not performedFactor
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - ditchFactor
Analysis
The plt stated that he was high on final approach so he lowered the nose of the acft to lose altitude and in return got an increase in airspeed. He touched down 1/3 the way down the runway and the acft ballooned. He stated that he was unable to stop the acft before it traveled off the end of the runway and into a ditch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N26938
- Reported as
- Grumman AA-5A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA5A-0825
- Airframe hours
- 15,934
- Engine
- Lycoming O-330-E2G, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard A. Meyers
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 30, 1983 · 78 hours before
- Departed
- 051 · Lincoln, CA
- Destination
- 045 · Vacaville, CA
- Airport
- O45 · Nut Tree, runway 19, 3,800 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 126 total · 57 in this make and model · 93 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
- Observed at
- SUU, 8 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.