# NTSB SEA82DA115: Grumman AA-5A, N9692U, Toketee, OR, July 16, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: July 16, 1982, 15:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place: Toketee, OR
- Coordinates: 43.159381, -122.209503 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1594&lon=-122.2095&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed, report July 16, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72827
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA82DA115
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72827/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82DA115

## Analysis

THE PILOT CALCULATED THE WEIGHT OF HIS AIRCRAFT TO BE 90 POUNDS BELOW THE MAXIMUM GROSS WEIGHT. THE AIRPORT DENSITY ALTITUDE WAS CALCULATED TO BE APPROXIMATELY 5000 FEET. THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER TAKEOFF THE AIRCRAFT ACHIEVED AN ALTITUDE OF 50 TO 100 FEET AGL AT BEST. THE SURROUNDING TERRAIN EXCEEDED THE CLIMB RATE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND A FORCED LANDING WAS EXECUTED IN AN AREA OF SMALL TREES AND SCRUB GROWTH. THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER DURING THE GROUND SLIDE. A POST CRASH FIRE DESTROYED THE AIRCRAFT AND APPROXIMATELY ONE ACRE OF TREES.

## Sequence of events

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

- Forced landing, takeoff - initial climb
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - rising (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - obscuration (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - high density altitude (contributing factor)
  - proper altitude - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - object - tree(s)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9692U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9692U-1998-02-04), registration cancelled 1998-02-04, S/N AA5A0058 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN AA-5A
- Registry model: [Grumman American Avn. AA-5A](https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5a) (registry code 3960106) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: AA5A0058
- Airframe hours: 2230
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E2G 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Donald R. Bennett
- Registered owner: Donald R. Bennett
- Departed: 356, TOKETEE, OR
- Destination: RBG, ROSEBURG, OR
- Airport: 356, Toketee (Usfs)

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 56; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 1,000 total, 700 in this make and model, 900 as pilot in command, 60 in the last 90 days, 20 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 315° at 8 knots
- Temperature: 163 °F
- Observed at: 356

## 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 19820716041689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820716041689A), Jul 16, 1982: Gulstm AA5A, Toketee, OR, Destroyed. Took off downwind on upslope runway unable to clear wooded rising terrain. Crashed into trees. Inverted and burned.

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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