# Accident 20050731017889A: New Marlborough, MA, July 31, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 2005, 17:10 local time
- Place: New Marlborough, MA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0942° N, 73.3044° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0942&lon=-73.3044&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1003G (not matched to a registry record)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,400 total, 750 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC05CA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC05CA127) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050731017889A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ DEPARTED FROM ROCKLAND AIRPORT (RKD) MAINE AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, VFR, ENROUTE TO CANAAN, CT. (CT-24) WITH A FUELING STOP AT ORANGE MA (ORE) AT 1630 EST. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ CONTINUED THE VFR FLIGHT AND ENCOUNTERED HEAVY RAIN WITH LOW VISIBILITY APPROXIMATELY 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF CANAAN (CT-24). PILOT CHOSE TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AT NEW MARLBOROUGH, MA. A HARD LANDING WAS MADE ON GRASS STRIP ADJACENT TO CORNFIELD AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ , NO FIRE, AND NO INJURIES INCURRED. UPON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELLED APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET WITH TERRAIN EXHIBITING SCARRING FROM PROP STRIKES, BRAKING ACTION, AND ENGINE COWL CONTACT WITH GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST NOSE DOWN AT A HEADING OF 175 DEGREES. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED DAMAGE TO THE PROP, ENGINE COWLING AND OIL COOLER, LOWER FIREWALL, AND LOWER FUSELAGE AT AREA OF MAIN GEAR.

## 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 NYC05CA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC05CA127), Jul 31, 2005: Yakovlev 55M (N1003G), New Marlboro, MA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper weather evaluation which resulted in a precautionary off airport landing; and his improper flare which resulted in a hard landing. A factor in this accident was weather…

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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