- Date
- July 29, 1982, 10:20 local (14:20 UTC)
- Place
- Madison, CT
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4547KGrumman AA-5B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820729033779A
- Case key
- 71535
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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
The pilot stated that he experienced a sudden wind shift when over the runway threshold. The aircraft was landed to the right of the runway after an attempted go-around was aborted because of trees and buildings at the departure end/left side of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4547K
- Reported as
- Grumman AA-5B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA-5B-1311
- Airframe hours
- 1,098
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-AA4K, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Gill Air
- Registered owner
- Gill Air
- Departed
- BDR · Bridgeport, CT
- Destination
- NO4 · Madison, CT
- Airport
- N04 · Griswold, runway 6, 1,863 × 150 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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 178 total · 22 in this make and model · 128 as pilot in command · 36 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 162 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.