- Date
- July 5, 1982, 11:54 local (16:54 UTC)
- Place
- Mankato, KS
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N74023Gulfstream AA-5B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 5, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820705026329A
- Case key
- 71563
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a flight from des moines, Iowa to lamar, Colorado, the pilot elected to land at Mankato, Kansas for fuel. Reportedly, the pilot landed on runway 17 with the wind from 190 at 18 gusting 24 knots. The pilot stated that he established a steep, no flap, final approach at 80 knots. He reported that the rate of descent increased when the aircraft was about 50 ft AGL. Full application of throttle and nose-up elevator did not reduce the descent rate. The aircraft impacted the ground in a cornfield about 120 ft short of the runway. There was no evidence of a preimpact malfunction or failure of the aircraft or engine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N74023
- Reported as
- Gulfstream AA-5B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA5B-0100
- Airframe hours
- 1,446
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4K, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mark K.Koppin
- Registered owner
- William Caraway
- Departed
- DSM · Des Moines, IA
- Destination
- LAA · Lamar, CO
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- TKO · Mankato, runway 17, 3,500 × 50 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 136 total · 34 in this make and model · 107 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days · 21 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 18 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 30,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 183 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GRI, 70 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.