- Date
- April 15, 1984, 07:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Driggs, ID
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N28291Grumman American AA-5B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840415013559A
- Case key
- 39897
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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.
Analysis
During a landing, the plt encountered a porpoise which increased in severity. He added full power, raised the nose & initiated a go-around, during which, the stall warning horn sounded. The plt reported that he left the carburetor heat on & left the flaps in a 2/3 exteneded postion. As he continued the go-around, he manuevered the acft to avoid hitting a pole. Immediately thereafter, the left wing tip struck snow covered ground & the acft cartwheeled to a stop. The elevation of the arpt was 6202 ft. the plt had recently received his private plt certificate & had just checked out in this make & model of acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28291
- Reported as
- Grumman American AA-5B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA5B0531
- Airframe hours
- 1,240
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4K, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Rocky Mountain Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Elden Corry
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 8, 1984 · 24 hours before
- Departed
- PVU · Provo, UT
- Destination
- U59
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- U59 · Driggs Muni, runway 3, 5,200 × 75 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
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 61 total · 3 in this make and model · 9 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 25 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JAC, 18 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.