# NTSB MKC82DA119: Gulfstream AA-5B, N74023, Mankato, KS, July 5, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: July 5, 1982, 11:54 local (16:54 UTC)
- Place: Mankato, KS
- Location: 39.8028° N, 98.2212° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MANKATO (TKO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8028&lon=-98.2212&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 5, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71563
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC82DA119
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71563/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC82DA119

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Undershoot, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - weather condition - high wind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - altitude - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N74023-2015-05-21), registration cancelled 2015-05-21, S/N AA5B-0100, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULFSTREAM AA-5B
- Registry model: [Grumman American Avn. AA-5B](https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5b) (registry code 3960105) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: AA5B-0100
- Airframe hours: 1446
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 26; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820705026329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820705026329A), Jul 5, 1982: Gulstm AA5B, Mankato, KS, Substantial damage. Pilot made hard landing in gusty wind condition causing substantial damage.

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.

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