- Date
- May 2, 1982, 12:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Sunriver, OR
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4518UGrumman AA-5B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 2, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820502012889A
- Case key
- 72763
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After terminating his first approach in a go-around the pilot commenced a second approach. Just before touchdown the pilot stated that a gust of wind shoved the plane to the left. The pilot attempted to abort the landing by adding full power but the aircraft departed the runway and passed through a barbed wire fence. Witnesses reported a crosswind with gusts to 15 knots. They also reported seeing the tail of the aircraft strike the runway during a porpoising maneuver.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4518U
- Reported as
- Grumman AA-5B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA5B1046
- Airframe hours
- 1,157
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4K, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mike Remick
- Registered owner
- Logan & Reavis Air Inc
- Departed
- Dalles, OR
- Destination
- Medford, OR
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- S21 · Sunriver Airport, runway 18, 4,500 × 60 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
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 72 total · 13 in this make and model · 38 as pilot in command · 36 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 140 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RDM, 27 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.