- Date
- May 9, 1987, 09:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Ocean Shores, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6296LGrumman AA1B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870509066099A
- Case key
- 40674
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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
The plt landed his acft onto a golf course which had been the previous site for the airport. The airport had been closed since December 1985 and relocated close by. The pavement at the old airport had been replaced by sod. During landing roll, the aircraft struck a ditch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6296L
- Reported as
- Grumman AA1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA1B-0096
- Airframe hours
- 1,300
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4K, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Donald J. Koenig
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 1, 1986 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- 1SO · Puyallup, WA
- Destination
- S26 · Ocean Shores, WA
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 497 total · 25 in this make and model · 308 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots, gusting 5
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.