# Accident 19951012032959A: Gulstm G1159, Cleveland, OH, October 12, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 12, 1995, 17:57 local time
- Place: Cleveland, OH
- Airport: Cleveland-Hopkins International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4094° N, 81.8547° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CLEVELAND-HOPKINS INTL (CLE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4094&lon=-81.8547&mi=10
- Aircraft: N635AV (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM G1159
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 22,635 total, 11,000 in this make and model, 126 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO96LA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO96LA008) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951012032959A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LANDED SHORT ON RUNWAY. STRUCK BARRICADE 700 FEET FROM RUNWAY THRESHOLD. ON LOCAL APPROACH. BLINDED BY SUN. (-23) ACFT N635AV, PILOTED BY KENT JAEGER, LANDED SHORT ON RWY 23L AND BARRICADES LOCATED APPROX. 700 FT FROM END OF RWY. ACFT HIT BARRICADES AFTER LANDING SHORT OF RELOCATED THRESHOLD CAUSING LEFT GEAR TO COLLAPSE ON IMPACT AND ACFT VEERED OFF RWY ONTO GRASS MEDIAN. PILOT WAS DOING LOCALIZER APPROACH WHEN HE SAID THE SUN BLINDED HIM PREVENTING HIM FROM SEEING THE BARRICADES. FIVE PASSENGERS WERE ON BOARD BUT THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THERE WAS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO LEFT MAIN GEAR AND LEFT WING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB BFO96LA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO96LA008), Oct 12, 1995: Grumman American G-1159 (N635AV), Cleveland, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilots' failure to attain the proper touchdown point and avoid obstacles (construction barricades) during the landing flare/touchdown. Related factors were: the sunglare, which limited in the…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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