# Accident 20010428007889A: Amtr JURCASIROCCO, Great Barringto, MA, April 28, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 2001, 16:05 local time
- Place: Great Barringto, MA
- Airport: Great Barrington Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2297° N, 71.5310° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2297&lon=-71.5310&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44DK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N44DK-2004-04-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Knab-Douglas JURCA MJ-5 SIROCCO (registry code 05613E4, https://openairdocs.org/model/knab-douglas-jurca-mj-5-sirocco) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR JURCASIROCCO
- Reported engine: LYC IO320*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,595 total, 25 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC01LA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC01LA111) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010428007889A

## Narrative

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

(.19)ON APRIL 28, 2001, ABOUT 1605 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A HOMEBUILT JURCA MJ5 SIROCCO, N44DK, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHILE LANDING AT THE GREAT BARRINGTON AIRPORT (GBR), GREAT BARRINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS. THE CERTIFICATED COMMERCIAL PILOT AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED FOR THE PERSONAL FLIGHT CONDUCT UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. THE AIRPLANE WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 29, A 2,579 FOOT-LONG, 50 FOOT-WIDE, ASPHALT RUNWAY. ACCORDING TO A FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION INSPECTOR, THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TWO PREVIOUS LANDINGS TO THE RUNWAY WHICH RESULTED IN GO-AROUNDS. ON THE THIRD ATTEMPT, THE AIRPLANE LANDED "LONG" AND DEPARTED THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE THEN STRUCK A TREE AND DESCENDED DOWN A 30 FOOT EMBANKMENT. THE PILOT REPORTED OVER 5,500 HOURS OF TOTAL FLIGHT EXPERIENCE, WITH APPROXIMATELY 26 HOURS IN THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE. THE WINDS REPORTED AT AN AIRPORT LOCATED ABOUT 17 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF GBR, AT 1554, WERE FROM 360 DEGREES AT 9 KNOTS, WITH 20 KNOT GUSTS.                                                             (-23)^PRIVACY DATA^ LANDED LONG AND ROLLED OFF THE END OFF RUNWAY 29 AT GRE AT BARRINGTON. THERE IS APPROXIMATELY A 30 FOOT DROP AT THE END OF THIS RUNWAY.  THE PIC HAD BACK INJURIES, THE PASSENGER HAD MINOR INJURIES.  THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.                                       (.4) WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 29, A 2,579 FOOT-LONG, 50 FOOT-WIDE, ASPHALT RUNWAY, THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN "LONG" AND DEPARTED THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE THEN STRUCK A TREE AND THEN DESCENDED DOWN A 30 FOOT EMBANKMENT. THE WINDS REPORTED AT AN AIRPORT LOCATED ABOUT 17 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF THE ACCIDENT SITE, WERE FROM 360 DEGREES AT 9 KNOTS, WITH 20 KNOT GUSTS.

## 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 NYC01LA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC01LA111), Apr 28, 2001: Knab-Douglas Jurca MJ5 Sirocco (N44DK), G. Barrington, MA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to obtain the proper touchdown point, which resulted in an overrun. A factor in this accident was the gusty wind condition.

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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