Grumman American AA-5A N26327

Summary

On 12 September 2004 at about 21:45 local time, a Grumman American AA-5A registered N26327 was involved in an accident near Brooks, Oregon, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

12 September 2004 at 21:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Brooks, Oregon, United States

Nearest airport

Smith Private Airport (29OR)

Coordinates

45.0317, -122.9569

Aircraft

Grumman American AA-5A

Registration

N26327

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

McMinnville → Brooks

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA04CA186

Nobody was injured.

The flight instructor's failure to maintain altitude/clearance on final approach to land resulting in an in-flight collision with terrain. Contributing factors were the student pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during the approach and the flight instructor's delay in taking remedial action.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

According to the flight instructor, the instructional flight was a check-ride preparation flight for the student. The flight instructor said that he was having the student perform a simulated engine out approach and landing. He stated that "on short final, the air speed diminished and [he] added full power in an attempt to prevent a stall." The airplane's nose wheel contacted some berry bushes growing on a berm at the end of the runway. Subsequently, the airplane's nose pitched down and the left wing impacted the ground, resulting in the separation of the outboard 4 feet of the wing. Additionally, the engine, nose landing gear, and right main landing gear separated from the fuselage, and the empennage was bent 90 degrees to the left.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.