- Date
- October 25, 1985, 16:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Live Oak, FL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9558LGrumman American AA-5
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851025076539I
- Case key
- 31518
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft made a downwind landing touching down long on the rwy. The acft could not be stopped & ran off the end of the rwy. The plt stated that he misread the windsock.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9558L
- Reported as
- Grumman American AA-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA5-0558
- Airframe hours
- 1,555
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320 SERIES, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Sunshine Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 24, 1985 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- X35 · Dunnellon, FL
- Destination
- 9FLO · Live Oak, FL
- Airport
- 9FLO · Suwannee Belle, runway 24, 2,700 × 75 ft, grass/turf
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
- 25
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 132 total · 4 in this make and model · 104 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VLD, 44 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.
Other investigations on N9558L · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.