- Date
- November 14, 1987, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Tewksbury, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8993LGrumman AA-1B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871114068009A
- Case key
- 36062
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot was attempting a landing at Tewksbury, Massachusetts when he flared above the runway, bounced several times and collapsed the nose wheel. The aircraft slid down the runway, made contact with the right side of the runway edge, spun around, then flipped inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8993L
- Reported as
- Grumman AA-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA-1B-0443
- Airframe hours
- 2,923
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Tew Mac Aviation
- Registered owner
- Tew-Mac Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 27, 1987 · 32 hours before
- Departed
- B09 · Tewksbury, MA
- Airport
- B09 · Tew-Mac, runway 21, 2,830 × 26 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
- 24
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 13 total · 13 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 8 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F
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 N8993L · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.