- Date
- May 9, 1993, 14:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Redlands, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5810LGrumman AA-5
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 18, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930509012719A
- Case key
- 27969
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Probable cause
The pilot's delayed landing abort during a downwind landing. Factors which contributed to the accident were: an incorrect advisory by the UNICOM operator, inadequate wind direction determination by the pilot which resulted in the wrong runway selected, and the tailwind.
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 pilot was twice advised by UNICOM that rwy 26 was being used, with winds out of the west. During landing the airplane floated, bounced twice, and the pilot initiated a go-around. The airplane exited the runway and collided with a fence. The airport manager, who witnessed the accident, stated that the pilot had a direct tailwind of 15 KTS or more.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5810L
- Reported as
- Grumman AA-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA50010
- Airframe hours
- 1,961
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E20, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Celia C. Vanderpool
- Registered owner
- Celia C. Vanderpool
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 6, 1992 · 66 hours before
- Departed
- SBP · San Luis Obispo, CA
- Airport
- L12 · Redlands Municipal, runway 26, 4,500 × 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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 535 total · 315 in this make and model · 425 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days · 17 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SBD, 5 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.