Grumman American AA-5B N28765

Summary

On 8 August 1996 at about 00:00 local time, a Grumman American AA-5B registered N28765 was involved in an accident near Rexburg, Idaho, United States. One person was 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.

Date

8 August 1996 at 00:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Rexburg, Idaho, United States

Nearest airport

Rexburg/Madison County (U11)

Coordinates

43.7807, -111.7594

Aircraft

Grumman American AA-5B

Registration

N28765

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA96LA184

Nobody was injured.

the pilot's failure to maintain directional control. Factors relating to the accident were: the pilot's failure to verify whether the flaps had raised, the resultant premature lift-off, and trees on the adjacent golf course.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

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The pilot said that he initiated a go-around after the airplane touched down with full flaps. However, he stated that the flaps did not come up when he placed the three-position (down, neutral, and up) flap switch to up, and that he did not realize this. The airplane lifted off prematurely, and it drifted left of the runway, over an adjacent golf course. The pilot maneuvered to miss vehicles and personnel on the golf course, but encountered a stall/mush in doing so. The airplane then impacted a tree and crashed. A mechanic for the aircraft operator reported to the FAA that the airplane's surviving flap system components operated normally in a postaccident functional test.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.