- Date
- June 20, 1978
- Place
- Belhaven, NC · BELHAVEN, NC
- Injuries
- 4 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9637UGrum Amer AA5A
- Status
- Completed · report September 6, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780620018989A
- Case key
- 140621
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2023 78/6/20 BELHAVEN,NC GRUM AMER AA5A CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 136 TIME - 2020 N9637U PX- 0 3 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 16 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RIVERSIDE CAMPGND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GREENVILLE,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-ENGINE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- T/D LONG ON 1700FT GRASS RWY.RAISED FLAPS.L/O AT LOW SPD.STRUCK TREES ON GO-ARND. 1HR LAST 90DAYS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9637U
- Reported as
- Grum Amer AA5A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Riverside Campgnd
N9637URegistration cancelled Nov 30, 1978 · Grumman American Avn. AA-5AAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-5A
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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