- Date
- June 3, 1988, 22:50 local (Jun 4, 1988, 05:50 UTC)
- Place
- Hemet, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6181LAmerican AA-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report July 21, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880603018039A
- Case key
- 26022
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During the landing while on a solo (instructional) night cross country flight, the airplane touched down, bounced, and veered left. During the second bounce between the runway and the taxiway, the pilot added power. The airplane continued in a straight path and collided with a tetrahedron. There were no reported mechanical failures or malfunctions during the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6181L
- Reported as
- American AA-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AAI-0381
- Airframe hours
- 2,180
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Ronald Deahr
- Registered owner
- Michael J. Marentic
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 24, 1987 · 190 hours before
- Departed
- CNO · Chino, CA
- Airport
- HMT · Hemet, runway 23, 4,315 × 100 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
- 47
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 90 total · 90 in this make and model · 58 as pilot in command · 42 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.