19791201040629A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Gulstm AA-5A · Eureka, SD · December 1, 1979

Date
December 1, 1979 · 09:45 local
Place
Eureka, SD
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N26289
NTSB investigation
NTSBMKC80FTK05
Reported as
Gulstm AA5A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
232 total32 in this make and model62 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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Made short turnout on takeoff climb. Struck wires, crash-landed short of runway trying to return to airport.

As the FAA filed it

MADE SHORT TURNOUT ON TAKEOFF CLIMB. STRUCK WIRES, CRASH-LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY TRYING TO RETURN TO AIRPORT.

NTSB investigation

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