- Date
- July 21, 2005, 09:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Schroon Lake, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N26784Gulfstream American AA-5A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 27, 2005
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA Albany FSDO
- FAA report
- 20050721017339A
- Case key
- 62018
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Probable cause
The pilot's misjudgment of speed/distance which resulted in an overrun.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The airplane was on approach to a 3,012-foot-long, asphalt runway. The pilot reported that the airplane did not touch down until mid-field, and he was not able to stop before the airplane departed the end of the runway. The airplane struck a wood pile, and came to rest about 500 feet beyond the departure end of the runway. The pilot did not report any mechanical malfunctions.
Factual narrative
On July 21, 2005, about 0930 eastern daylight time, a Gulfstream American Corp. AA-5A, N26784, was substantially damaged while landing at the Schroon Lake Airport, Schroon Lake, New York. The certificated private pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a visual flight rules flight plan had been filed for the flight that departed Bridgeport, Connecticut. The personal flight was conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.
The airplane was on approach to runway 34, a 3,012-foot-long, 60-foot-wide, asphalt runway.
The pilot reported that the airplane did not touch down until mid-field, and he was not able to stop before the airplane departed the end of the runway. The airplane struck a wood pile, and came to rest about 500 feet beyond the departure end of the runway.
The pilot reported 918 hours of total flight experience, all in the same make and model as the accident airplane. He did not report any mechanical malfunctions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N26784
- Reported as
- Gulfstream American AA-5A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA5A-0717
- Airframe hours
- 6,728
- Engine
- Lycoming O360-A4K, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Carney Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 2005
- Departed
- BDR · Bridgeport, CT
- Destination
- 4B7 · Schroon Lake, NY
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 4B7 · Schroon Lake, runway 34, 3,012 × 60 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
- 62
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- April 1, 2005
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 918 total · 918 in this make and model · 4 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.97 inHg
- Observed at
- GFL, 32 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.
Other investigations on N26784 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.