- Date
- April 30, 1990, 14:40 local (21:40 UTC)
- Place
- Port Orchard, WA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7127LGrumman AA-5
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900430011989A
- Case key
- 41189
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Probable cause
Improper maintenance, and the installation of an improper carburetor. A factor related to the accident was the presence of trees and stumps in the emergency landing area.
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
After arrival, the plt decided to make a low apch over the arpt to check the rwy. As he initiated a go-around at about 100 to 200 ft AGL, the eng ran rough & would not develop sufficient power to sustain flt. An emergency landing was made on a 'logged-out area.' During the landing, the acft hit small trees & stumps, & was damaged. An investigationrevealed that the wrong type of carburetor was installed on the eng & that the carburetor float would 'hang up' intermittently.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7127L
- Reported as
- Grumman AA-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA5-0427
- Airframe hours
- 3,739
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2G, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Gower Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Randy Brooks
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 26, 1990 · 76 hours before
- Departed
- OLM · Olympia, WA
- Destination
- OS8 · Port Orchard, WA
- Airport
- 0S8 · Port Orchard, runway 36, 2,600 × 50 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
- 69
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,000 total · 30 in this make and model · 7,000 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PWT, 5 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.