Aviation Accident Summaries

Aviation Accident Summary FTW85LA284

SONORA, TX, USA

Aircraft #1

N4520B

Grumman AA5B

Analysis

WHILE LANDING AT AN UNFAMILIAR STRIP, THE PLT OBSERVED A ROUGH SURFACE AT THE APCH END, AND LANDED ONE HALFWAY DOWN THE DOWN-SLOPING 2300 FT RWY. HE TRIED TO GO AROUND, BUT COULD NOT ACCELERATE ENOUGH, AND THE ACFT ROLLED THRU 2 FENCES, TREES, THEN STOPPED AGAINST ANOTHER FENCE. THE DENSITY ALT WAS 5400 FT.

 

Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database

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