# NTSB SEA82DA061: Grumman AA-5B, N4518U, Sunriver, OR, May 2, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: May 2, 1982, 12:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Sunriver, OR
- Coordinates: 44.070091, -121.249755 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0701&lon=-121.2498&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 2, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72763
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA82DA061
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72763/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82DA061

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - aborted landing - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - flare/touchdown
  - object - fence (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4518U-2013-08-22), registration cancelled 2013-08-22, S/N AA5B1046 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN AA-5B
- Registry model: [Gulfstream American AA-5B](https://openairdocs.org/model/gulfstream-american-aa-5b) (registry code 3970106) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: AA5B1046
- Airframe hours: 1157
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 31; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820502012889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820502012889A), May 2, 1982: Gulstm AA5B, Sunriver, OR, Substantial damage. Pilot claims gust of wind hit at touchdown. Aircraft crashed through fence as pilot attempted go around.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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