# NTSB NYC06CA037: Grumman AA5A, N26708, Maceo, KY, November 23, 2005

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: November 23, 2005, 15:25 local (19:25 UTC)
- Place: Maceo, KY
- Coordinates: 37.830554, -87.005554
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8306&lon=-87.0056&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 28, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 62873
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC06CA037
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/62873/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06CA037

## Probable cause

The pilot's misjudged distance/speed, and his failure to properly seat the airplane's recently installed brakes.  A factor was the quartering tailwind.

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - distance/speed - low, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - maintenance,adjustment - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

The pilot/owner reported that he landed with a quartering tailwind, that was within the airplane's limits, at his private airstrip.  He landed with a slightly higher airspeed due to the winds, and discovered during the rollout that he had "nil" braking.  The airplane subsequently overran the end of the 2,200-foot runway and struck a pine tree.  The pilot/owner also reported that he had not properly seated the airplane's recently installed brakes, "resulting in very limited braking action."

## Factual narrative

The pilot/owner reported that he landed with a quartering tailwind, that was within the airplane's limits, at his private airstrip.  He landed with a slightly higher airspeed due to the winds, and discovered during the rollout that he had "nil" braking.  The airplane subsequently overran the end of the 2,200-foot runway and struck a pine tree.  The pilot/owner also reported that he had not properly seated the airplane's recently installed brakes, "resulting in very limited braking action."

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N26708](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N26708), registered now, S/N AA5A0665, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Grumman AA5A
- Registry model: [Grumman American Avn. AA-5A](https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5a) (registry code 3960106) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 0665
- Engines: Lycoming O-320 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Gerorge Stuart
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Departed: SVH, Statesville, NC
- Destination: NONE, Maceo, KY
- Flight plan: IFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 55; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3; flight hours: 1,225 total, 1,145 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days, 11 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

## 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 20051123029479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051123029479A), Nov 23, 2005: Amrgen AA5A, Owensboro, KY, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot departed statesville, NC (svh) with one passenger onboard for flight to pilots home near Owensboro, KY to land at grass strip on his property. Upon…

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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