- Date
- August 17, 1982, 11:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Medford, OR
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N26922Gulfstream American AA-5A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 17, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820817039629A
- Case key
- 71646
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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Analysis
The pilot reported that while landing, he flared too soon, touched down hard, and bounced. He reported that he made a power adjustment after bouncing, but landed hard again on the second touchdown. The aircraft was substantially damaged after the second touchdown.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N26922
- Reported as
- Gulfstream American AA-5A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA5A
- Airframe hours
- 803
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2G, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Logan & Reavis Air Inc
- Registered owner
- Logan & Reavis Air Inc
- Departed
- MFR · Medford, OR
- Destination
- MFR · Medford, OR
- Airport
- MFR · Medford-Jackson County, runway 32, 6,700 × 150 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
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 69 total · 4 in this make and model · 28 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 162 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MFR
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.