Grumman American AA-5 N5418L
27 February 2010 · Maple Lake, Minnesota, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 27 February 2010 at about 17:00 local time, a Grumman American AA-5 registered N5418L was involved in an accident near Maple Lake, Minnesota, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 17:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Maple Lake, Minnesota, United States
- Nearest airport
- Maple Lake Municipal Airport (MGG)
- Coordinates
- 45.2361, -93.9856
- Aircraft
- Grumman American AA-5
- Registration
- N5418L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Buffalo → Maple Lake
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CEN10CA154
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain a proper glide path during a simulated forced landing and the flight instructor's delayed remedial action to execute a go-around.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot attempted a simulated forced landing at the airport by entering the traffic pattern for a landing on runway 28 during an instructional flight. During final approach, the pilot realized that the airplane was not going to reach the runway and attempted a go-around. The airplane impacted the ground about 700 feet short of the runway, resulting in substantial damage to the structure underlying the nose landing gear. The pilot and flight instructor were uninjured. The airplane had not been registered since its purchase by the current owner.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Grumman American AA-5 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Sep 2007 | Grumman American AA-5 TRAVELER | Warrenton, Missouri, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 12 Sep 2007 | Grumman American AA-5 | Joshua Tree, California, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 24 Oct 2007 | Grumman American AA-5 | Wheatland, Wyoming, United States | Steven Burnett | No injuries | - |
| 5 Jul 2005 | Grumman American AA-5 | Branchville, New Jersey, United States | Peter John Horvat | Serious injuries | - |
| 13 Mar 2005 | Grumman American AA-5 | Chesapeake, Ohio, United States | - | Fatal | 3 |
| 23 May 2004 | Grumman American AA-5 | Greene, Rhode Island, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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