47.7743° N, 116.8196° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at COEUR D'ALENE (COE), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
September 4, 1980 · 21:30 local
Place
Coeur D'Alene, ID
Airport
Coeur D'Alene
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1637R
Reported as
Gulstm AA1B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,864 total3,530 in this make and model38 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Misjudged height on final. Night landing. Hit ground short of runway. Test show CFI had consumed alcohol.
As the FAA filed it
MISJUDGED HEIGHT ON FINAL. NIGHT LANDING. HIT GROUND SHORT OF RUNWAY. TEST SHOW CFI HAD CONSUMED ALCOHOL.