Grumman American AA-1B N100XX

Summary

On 3 July 2005 at about 00:45 local time, a Grumman American AA-1B registered N100XX, operated by Stell Blake Askew III, was involved in an accident near Durham, North Carolina, 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

3 July 2005 at 00:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Durham, North Carolina, United States

Nearest airport

Lakeridge Aero (8NC)

Coordinates

36.0600, -78.7833

Aircraft

Grumman American AA-1B

Registration

N100XX

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Stell Blake Askew III

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Raleigh → Raleigh

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL05CA120

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control. Factors were soft and wet terrain.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

After a routine run-up the pilot began a short field takeoff from a private grass runway. Approximately 1300 feet into the takeoff roll, the airplane lifted off the runway but failed to accelerate to an airspeed that would allow for a positive rate of climb. The airplane settled back onto the runway surface and began to "skip off the runway." Approximately 1000 feet from the end of the runway the pilot chose to abort the takeoff and brought the throttles back to idle. Approximately 300 feet from the end of runway 32, the airplane began to veer to the left side of the runway and the left wing struck the ground. The airplane rested about 250 feet from the end of the runway. The pilot did not report a mechanical problem with the airplane, and the post-accident examination failed to disclose a mechanical problem with the airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.