- Date
- May 1, 1982, 14:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Salmon, ID
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N28492Grumman AA-5B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 1, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820501015589A
- Case key
- 72467
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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
Level off - improperCause
Lack of total experience in type of aircraftFactor
Recovery from bounced landing - improperCause
Go-around - not performedCause
Gear collapsed
Landing gear - overloadFactor
Analysis
The pilot stated the landing appeared normal until round out or flare when the aircraft bounced from 4-5 feet. A second somewhat higher bounce followed after which the pilot applied power and raised the flaps for a go-around. The aircraft settled to the ground in rough terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28492
- Reported as
- Grumman AA-5B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0640
- Airframe hours
- 1,395
- Engine
- O-360-A4k 180, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John Meadows Falcon Air Inc.
- Registered owner
- John Mcchurch
- Departed
- Boise, ID
- Destination
- Salmon, ID
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- SMN · Salmon, runway 34, 5,000 × 50 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Flight hours
- 337 total · 3 in this make and model · 279 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 335° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 167 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.