Texas A&M Exp. Research Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Sonora, Texas 76950
Thursday, July 11, 1985 11:00 CDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

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.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 7/11/1985
Event Day of the Week Thursday
Time of Event 1100
Event Time Zone Central Daylight Time
Event City SONORA
Event State TEXAS
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 76950
Event Date Year 1985
Event Date Month 7
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport TEXAS A&M EXP. RESEARCH
Event Location Nearest Airport ID 86R
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 2277
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Pilot
Time of the weather observation 1048
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID SJT
Elevation of weather observation facility 0
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 0
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Clear
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 20
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 32
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) -18
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 0
Variable Wind Indicator Variable
Wind Speed (knots) 0
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) --
Density Altitude (feet) 5400
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 2
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 1837
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Jul 12 1985 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1545
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 29218
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 9:15AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N4520B
NTSB Number FTW85LA284
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Grumman
Aircraft Model AA5B
Aircraft Series Identifier AA5B
Aircraft Serial Number AA5B1060
Certified Max Gross Weight 2400
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 4
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Sep 21 1984 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection --
Airframe Hours 1340
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name MIKE SHELTON
Aircraft Owner Street Address 6800 COUNTY ROAD WEST #121
Aircraft Owner City ODESSA
Aircraft Owner State TX
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 79761
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address
Operator City
Operator State
Operator Country
Operator Zip code
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Personal
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code E02
Departure City ODESSA
Departure State TX
Departure Country
Departure Time 1
Departure Time Zone
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code
Destination City
Destination State
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:36AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 16
Runway Length 2065
Runway Width 60
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --