# NTSB SEA82DA063: Grumman AA-5B, N28492, Salmon, ID, May 1, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: May 1, 1982, 14:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: Salmon, ID
- Coordinates: 45.000961, -113.859466 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0010&lon=-113.8595&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 1, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72467
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA82DA063
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72467/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82DA063

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - level off - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- Gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear - overload (contributing factor)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN AA-5B
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 0640
- Airframe hours: 1395
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 44; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820501015589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820501015589A), May 1, 1982: Gulstm AA5B, Salmon, ID, Substantial damage. Pilot lost control during bounced landing recovery and went off side of runway.

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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