- Date
- July 17, 1985, 08:08 local (12:08 UTC)
- Place
- Farmingdale, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N333FYGrumman AA-1C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850717076549A
- Case key
- 35913
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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.
Hard landing
Flare - improperCause
Recovery from bounced landing - poorCause
Analysis
The plt was performing a series of touch and go landings at republic arpt when the accident occurred. During the final landing, a hard touch down was made which resulted in a porpoised landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N333FY
- Reported as
- Grumman AA-1C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0144
- Airframe hours
- 1,986
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Tripple Three Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 5, 1984 · 16 hours before
- Departed
- FRG · Farmingdale, NY
- Airport
- FRG · Republic, runway 1, 5,516 × 150 ft, asphalt
N333FYRegistration cancelled Jun 12, 2013 · Grumman American Avn. AA-1CAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-1C
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
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 44 total · 44 in this make and model · 7 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- 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.