# NTSB MIA88LA098: Grumman AA-5B, N28571, Clearwater, FL, January 31, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 31, 1988, 13:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place: Clearwater, FL
- Location: 27.9772° N, 82.7591° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CLEARWATER EXEC (CLW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9772&lon=-82.7591&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 28, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32131
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA88LA098
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32131/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88LA098

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - landing gear,main gear attachment - buckled (contributing factor)
- Loss of control - in flight, landing - aborted
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with object, landing - aborted
  - object - fence

## Analysis

PLT STATED ACFT STALLED DURING LANDING FLARE RESULTING IN A HARD LANDING. AFTER THE HARD LANDING THE ACFT BOUNCED INTO THE AIR AND VEERED TO THE LEFT. BEFORE A GO-AROUND COULD BE COMPLETED THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A DIRT MOUND BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY CAUSING SEPARATION OF THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR AND FURTHER LOSS OF CONTROL. THE ACFT THEN COLLIDED WITH BUSHES AND A FENCE COMING TO REST. ARPT AUTHORITIES STATED THE DIRT MOUND STRUCK BY THE AIRCRAFT WAS THERE FOR CONSTRUCTION REASONS AND WAS APPROXIMATELY 70 FEET TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY AND WAS 5 FEET HIGH.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N28571](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N28571-2014-09-25), registration cancelled 2014-09-25, S/N AA5B0687, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN AA-5B
- Registry model: [Grumman American Avn. AA-5B](https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5b) (registry code 3960105) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: AA5B0687
- Airframe hours: 1135
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-A4K 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Trans Florida Express Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 26, 1987
- Airport: CLW, Clearwater, runway 15, 3,000 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 30; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 57 total, 35 in this make and model, 33 as pilot in command, 57 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 130° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: PIE, 6 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880131001609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880131001609A), Jan 31, 1988: Gulstm AA5B, Clearwater, FL, Substantial damage. Landed hard, bounced, lost control and veered off runway. Collided with a mound of dirt and severed the landing gear

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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