- Date
- July 1, 1982, 06:20 local (11:20 UTC)
- Place
- St. Louis, MO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9565UGrumman AA1C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 1, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820701025889A
- Case key
- 72701
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Undershoot
Throttle/power control - improper use ofCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - cropFactor
Hard landing
Flight controls - improperCause
Gear collapsed
Analysis
During a dual training flight the aircraft was allowed to descend into a corn crop short of the runway. The aircraft continued to the runway but landed hard and collapsed the landing gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9565U
- Reported as
- Grumman AA1C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA1C-0065
- Airframe hours
- 745
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Arrowhead Aire, Ltd
- Registered owner
- Jane Zykan
- Departed
- 02K · St. Louis, MO
- Destination
- 02K · St. Louis, MO
- Airport
- 02K · Arrowhead, runway 2, 2,800 × 50 ft, asphalt
N9565URegistration cancelled Dec 31, 1982 · Grumman American Avn. AA-1CAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-1C
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
- 41
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 19,000 total · 3,009 in this make and model · 17,350 as pilot in command · 220 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 158 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.