- Date
- June 26, 1982, 09:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lincoln Park, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N26870Grumman AA-5A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 26, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820626027499A
- Case key
- 71433
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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.
Analysis
On final approach the aircraft seemed to sink and full power was applied. The aircraft collided with a fence at the approach end of runway 19 resulting in substantial damage. There was no preimpact malfunction or failure of the aircraft engine determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N26870
- Reported as
- Grumman AA-5A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA5A-0776
- Airframe hours
- 1,300
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E1C, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Joe Mallon
- Registered owner
- Joe Mallon
- Departed
- Teterboro, NJ
- Destination
- Teterboro, NJ
- Airport
- Lincoln Park, runway 19, 2,600 × 40 ft, asphalt
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
- 22
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,495 total · 32 in this make and model · 1,465 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Temperature
- 185 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.