Grumman American AA-5 N1358R

Summary

On 7 June 1987 at about 19:08 local time, a Grumman American AA-5 registered N1358R was involved in an accident near Middleton, Wisconsin, United States. 4 people were on board and 4 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

7 June 1987 at 19:08

Classification

Accident

Location

Middleton, Wisconsin, United States

Nearest airport

Morey Airport (C29)

Coordinates

43.0993, -89.5003

Aircraft

Grumman American AA-5

Registration

N1358R

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Waupaca → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI87FA140

4 people died.

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 PILOT HAD COMMUNICATED WITH OTHER PILOTS CONCERNING THE DIFFICULTIES HE WAS HAVING WITH THE WINDS. HE HAD ALREADY ATTEMPTED APPROACHES TO TWO OTHER RUNWAYS BUT HAD FAILED TO COMPLETE A LANDING. HE ASKED THE PILOT OF A RECENT ARRIVAL FOR THE WIND INFORMATION. HE THEN ATTEMPTED A LANDING TO RUNWAY 18. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A THRESHOLD MARKER, HALF OF THE ELEVATOR WAS SEVERED FROM THE AIRCRAFT, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED SEVERAL TIMES ON THE RUNWAY, AND THEN WITNESSES STATED THATTHEY HEARD THE POWER BEING ADDED AND THE AIRCRAFT ACCELERATED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESCRIBED BY WITNESSES AS FLYING ERRATICALLY. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A TREE AND THEN THE GROUND WITH A POST IMPACT FIRE ERUPTING IMMEDIATELY. A WITNESS REPORTED THE WINDS FROM 240 DEGREES AT 15 GUSTING TO 25.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.