- Date
- October 4, 1987, 10:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Big Bear City, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7368LGrumman AA-5A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 8, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871004058519A
- Case key
- 25877
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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 student pilot bounced during landing and collided with runway lights and a taxiway sign. He landed on runway 25 with winds reported 040 degrees at 8 knots. He said he could not receive wind information because he had inadvertantly turned off his radio.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7368L
- Reported as
- Grumman AA-5A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA-50268
- Airframe hours
- 4,327
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Paragon Air Escourt
- Registered owner
- Danny A. Coindre
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 11, 1987
- Departed
- APV · Apple Valley, CA
- Airport
- L35 · Big Bear City, runway 25, 5,850 × 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
- 49
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 21 total · 21 in this make and model · 21 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.