- Date
- October 10, 1982, 11:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place
- Jamestown, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9415LAmerican AA-1A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 10, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821010055729A
- Case key
- 71183
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot was practicing touch-and-go landings on runway 13 with a reported wind from 180 degrees at 15 KTS. He reported that during a landing, he flared too high and bounced. Reportedly, power was applied to go-around, but the plane began to porpoise. During the third touchdown, the nose gear failed and the engine mount punctured the firewall.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9415L
- Reported as
- American AA-1A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0215
- Airframe hours
- 1,383
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Greater Jamestown Area Flying
- Registered owner
- Greater Jamestown Area Flying
- Departed
- JHW · Jamestown, NY
- Destination
- JHW · Jamestown, NY
- Airport
- JHW · Chautaqua, runway 13, 4,500 × 100 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
- 28
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 21 total · 21 in this make and model · 4 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 140 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N9415L · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.