# NTSB NYC00LA074: Grumman American AA1, N9555U, Wildwood, NJ, February 7, 2000 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: February 7, 2000, 10:55 local (15:55 UTC) - Place: Wildwood, NJ - Location: 39.0084° N, 74.9085° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CAPE MAY COUNTY (WWD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0084&lon=-74.9085&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report November 29, 2000 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 48642 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC00LA074 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/48642/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA074 ## Probable cause The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control. A factor in this accident was the crosswind condition. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor) - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll - terrain condition - snowbank ## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9555U-2009-09-10), registration cancelled 2009-09-10, S/N AA1C0053, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Grumman American AA1 - Registry model: [Grumman American Avn. AA-1C](https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-1c) (registry code 3960100) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: AA1C-0053 - Airframe hours: 6939 - Engines: 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 ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 54; 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) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20000207043849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000207043849A), Feb 7, 2000: Amrgen AA1C, Wildwood, NJ, Substantial damage. (-23) On 02-07-00, at about 1055 EST, a Grumman American AA1, N9555U, was substantially damaged while landing at the Cape May County Airport, (wwd, Wildwood,… ## Other investigations on N9555U (1) 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. - [NTSB NYC08FA189](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08FA189), May 22, 2008: Grumman American AA-1C (N9555U), Philadelphia, PA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The flight instructor's failure to maintain airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.