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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Gulstm AA1 · Pottstown, PA · March 16, 1986

Date
March 16, 1986 · 11:20 local
Place
Pottstown, PA
Airport
Pottstown Municipal
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N224Y
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC86FHA02
Reported as
Gulstm AA1
Reported engine
Lycoming O235C2C
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,185 total7 in this make and model7 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.

Landed short and collided with an embankment. Student mistakenly reduced power when sink developed.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED SHORT AND COLLIDED WITH AN EMBANKMENT. STUDENT MISTAKENLY REDUCED POWER WHEN SINK DEVELOPED.

NTSB investigation

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