NTSB SEA86LA094 — 1986-04-06 · ABERDEEN, Idaho, United States

Current FAA registration · N26792

Make / Model: GULFSTREAM AMERICAN AA-5A
Year of manufacture: 1978 · 8 years old at event
Engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)
Seats / Engines: 4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date: 19781025
ADS-B equipped: Yes — Mode-S A29CAC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N26792 Grumman AA-5A None

Factual narrative

THE STUDENT PLT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RWY 25 WITH A LIGHT X-WIND FORM 040 DEGS AT 5 KTS. THE PLT ALLOWED THE ACFT TO DRIFT TO THE LEFT OF THE NARROW RWY. AS FULL PWR WAS ADDED IN AN ATTEMPT TO GO-AROUND, THE ACFT STRUCK THE GROUND, VEERED LEFT THROUGH A FENCE AND THEN INTO A PLOWED FLD. THE PLT HAD PERFORMED 4 BALKED LANDINGS AT THIS ARPT DURING THE WEEK PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. ANOTHER BALKED LANDING WAS MADE DURING AN ATTEMPTED LANDING JUST PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT LANDING. THE PLT REPORTED MOST OF HIS PRIOR EXPERIENCE WAS AT LARGER ARPTS. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1986_SEA86LA094.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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