- Date
- July 25, 1967
- Place
- New Cumberland, PA · NEW CUMBERLAND, PA
- Injuries
- 8 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N205MGrumman G-159
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 115819
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0388 67/7/25 NEW CUMBERLAND,PA GRUMMAN G-159 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1535 N205M PX- 0 0 6 CORP/EXEC 55, 16880 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1668 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HARRISBURG-YORK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - HYDROPLANING ON WET RUNWAY PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 4500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 4 MILES OR LESS RAIN SHOWERS, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT QUARTERING TAIL WIND 203-247 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 73 30 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 9 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- INTENTIONAL GRND-LOOP TO AVOID RNWY OVERRUN. LNDG TOUCHDOWN 105KTS. R. QUARTERING TAILWIND 9KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N205M
- Reported as
- Grumman G-159
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Harrisburg-York