- Date
- April 6, 1986, 08:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place
- Aberdeen, ID
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N26792Grumman AA-5A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860406009799A
- Case key
- 40381
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student plt was attempting to land on rwy 25 with a light x-wind form 040 degs at 5 KTS. The plt allowed the acft to drift to the left of the narrow rwy. As full pwr was added in an attempt to go-around, the acft struck the ground, veered left through a fence and then into a plowed fld. The plt had performed 4 balked landings at this arpt during the week prior to the accident. Another balked landing was made during an attempted landing just prior to the accident landing. The plt reported most of his prior experience was at larger arpts.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N26792
- Reported as
- Grumman AA-5A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 725
- Airframe hours
- 924
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2G, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Merle Janes
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 24, 1985 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- PIH · Pocatello, ID
- Destination
- U36 · Aberdeen, ID
- Airport
- U36 · Aberdeen Municipal, runway 25, 3,669 × 45 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 25 total · 25 in this make and model · 4 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PIH, 14 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.