Grumman AA-5B N28706

Summary

On 8 September 1983 at about 16:50 local time, a Grumman AA-5B registered N28706, operated by Falcon Aero Club, was involved in an accident near Fairmont, West Virginia, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

8 September 1983 at 16:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Fairmont, West Virginia, United States

Nearest airport

Fairmont Municipal (4G7)

Coordinates

39.4481, -80.1671

Aircraft

Grumman AA-5B

Registration

N28706

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Falcon Aero Club

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Morgantown → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL83LA359

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PLT REPORTED THAT DURING ARRIVAL, HE FLEW OVER THE FIELD, CHECKED THE WIND INDICATOR, THEN ELECTED TO LAND ON RWY 4. WHILE IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN, HE NOTICED TALL TREES AT THE APCH END OF THE RWY & THAT THE RWY DROPPED OFF AT THE OTHER END. HE MADE HIS APCH OVER THE TREES, THEN TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT HALFWAY DOWN THE DOWNWARD SLOPING RWY. THE ACFT BOUNCED & HE ADDED POWER TO RECOVER. HE STATED THAT HE DID NOT FEEL THERE WAS SUFFICIENT RWY REMAINING TO CLEAR TREES AT THE DEPARTURE END OR TO STOP PRIOR TO RUNNING OFF THE END WHERE THE TERRAIN DROPPED OFF. THEREFORE, THE PLT ELECTED TO GO OFF THE RWY & GROUND LOOP THE THE ACFT. WHEN HE DID THIS, THE GEAR COLLAPSED & THE ACFT SKIDDED ABOUT 100 FT BEFORE COMING TO REST.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.