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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Neukom ELFESTDS3 · Horseheads, NY · August 5, 1981

Date
August 5, 1981 · 18:15 local
Place
Horseheads, NY
Airport
Harris Hill
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5190
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC81FFJ21
Reported as
Neukom ELFESTDS3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
81 total4 in this make and model28 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.

Overshot runway alignment on base. Wing hooked tree in steep turn back to runway. Glider then struck other objects.

As the FAA filed it

OVERSHOT RUNWAY ALIGNMENT ON BASE. WING HOOKED TREE IN STEEP TURN BACK TO RUNWAY. GLIDER THEN STRUCK OTHER OBJECTS.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.