- Date
- November 26, 1981
- Place
- Peru, IN · PERU, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N26758Gulfstream AA-5A
- Status
- Completed · report January 18, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811126078859A
- Case key
- 123486
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2970 81/11/26 NR.PERU,IN GULFSTREAM AA-5A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 72 TOTAL TIME - 2000 N26758 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PERU MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOBART,IN WATSEKA,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND HAZE RIGHT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 023-067 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 225 30 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- MAX QUARTERING HEADWIND COMPONENT 21KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N26758
- Reported as
- Gulfstream AA-5A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Peru Municipal
N26758Registered now · Gulfstream American AA-5AAirframe modelGulfstream American AA-5AEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.