- Date
- February 7, 2000, 10:55 local (15:55 UTC)
- Place
- Wildwood, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9555UGrumman American AA1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 29, 2000
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20000207043849A
- Case key
- 48642
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Probable cause
The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control. A factor in this accident was the crosswind condition.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot was landing on Runway 28, a 4,998 foot-long, 150 foot-wide, asphalt runway. The airplane touched down on the runway centerline, then veered to the right. The airplane departed the right side of the runway and impacted a snow bank. Winds reported at the airport, about the time of the accident, were from 250 degrees at 11 knots, with 16 knot gusts.
Factual narrative
On February 7, 2000, about 1055 Eastern Standard Time, a Grumman American AA1, N9555U, was substantially damaged while landing at the Cape May County Airport (WWD), Wildwood, New Jersey. The certificated student pilot (SP) was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan had been filed for the flight that originated at the Northeast Philadelphia Airport, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The training flight was conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.
The airplane was landing on Runway 28, a 4,998 foot-long, 150 foot-wide, asphalt runway.
In a written statement, the SP said the airplane touched down on the runway centerline, then veered to the right. The airplane departed the right side of the runway and impacted a snow bank.
The SP did not reported any mechanical malfunctions.
Review of the SP's logbook revealed he had accumulated about 63 hours of total flight experience.
Winds reported at WWD, at 1115, were from 250 degrees at 11 knots, with 16 knot gusts.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9555U
- Reported as
- Grumman American AA1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA1C-0053
- Airframe hours
- 6,939
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Hortman Aviation
- Registered owner
- Waldo S. Steen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 2, 2000 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- PNE · Philadelphia, PA
- Destination
- WWD
- Airport
- WWD · Cape May County, runway 28, 4,998 × 150 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 54
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 63 total · 63 in this make and model · 8 as pilot in command · 33 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 11 knots, gusting 16
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- WWD
FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N9555U · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.