- Date
- April 28, 2001, 16:05 local (20:05 UTC)
- Place
- G. Barrington, MA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N44DKKnab-Douglas Jurca MJ5 Sirocco
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 30, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA FSDO-03
- FAA report
- 20010428007889A
- Case key
- 52153
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to obtain the proper touchdown point, which resulted in an overrun. A factor in this accident was the gusty wind condition.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
While landing on Runway 29, a 2,579 foot-long, 50 foot-wide, asphalt runway, the airplane touched down "long" and departed the end of the runway. The airplane then struck a tree and then descended down a 30 foot embankment. The winds reported at an airport located about 17 miles north-northeast of the accident site, were from 360 degrees at 9 knots, with 20 knot gusts.
Factual narrative
On April 28, 2001, about 1605 Eastern Daylight Time, a homebuilt Jurca MJ5 Sirocco, N44DK, was substantially damaged while landing at the Great Barrington Airport (GBR), Great Barrington, Massachusetts. The certificated commercial pilot and passenger sustained minor injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan had been filed for the flight that departed Decks Airport, Myerstown, Pennsylvania, about 1405. The personal flight was conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.
The airplane was landing on Runway 29, a 2,579 foot-long, 50 foot-wide, asphalt runway.
In a written statement, the pilot said he attempted two previous landings to the runway which resulted in go-arounds. On the third attempt, he experienced gusty, variable winds. The airplane touched down on the runway; however, "the airplane did not decelerate as expected." The airplane departed the end of the runway, struck a tree and then descended down a 30-foot embankment.
A pilot who witnessed the accident stated that the airplane touched down "long" and appeared "too fast" to stop on the remaining runway.
The accident pilot reported over 5,500 hours of total flight experience, with approximately 26 hours in the accident airplane.
The winds reported at an airport located about 17 miles north-northeast of GBR, at 1554, were from 360 degrees at 9 knots, with 20 knot gusts.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N44DK
- Reported as
- Knab-Douglas Jurca MJ5 Sirocco
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 249
- Airframe hours
- 646
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ralph Stanton, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 2, 2000 · 58 hours before
- Departed
- 9D4 · Myerstown, PA
- Destination
- GBR · G. Barrington, MA
- Airport
- GBR · Great Barrington, runway 29, 2,579 × 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
- 59
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Last flight review
- June 24, 2000
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 5,595 total · 25 in this make and model · 2,519 as pilot in command · 29 in the last 90 days · 28 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 9 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.20 inHg
- Observed at
- PSF, 18 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.