- Date
- August 10, 1989, 18:20 local (22:20 UTC)
- Place
- Mount Joy, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1611RGrumman AA-5
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 2, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890810028609A
- Case key
- 36455
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Probable cause
The pilot's delay in initiating a go-around, and his failure to maintain proper runway alignment. Factors related to the accident were: failure of the pilot to attain the proper touchdown point and the crop.
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
During a touch-&-go landing, the student plt initiated a go-around. He said that he felt that the acft was too FAR down the rwy & that he pulled back on the yoke too much & stalled the acft. The acft drifted left. Subsequently, the left wing contacted tall corn & the acft came to rest in the corn field.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1611R
- Reported as
- Grumman AA-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA5-0711
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Jess Baker
- Registered owner
- Andrew Price
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 15, 1989 · 83 hours before
- Airport
- N71 · Donegal Springs, runway 9, 3,254 × 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
- 23
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 21 total · 21 in this make and model · 5 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.