- Date
- October 8, 1972
- Place
- Montour Falls, NY · MONTOUR FALLS, NY
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5813LAmer Avco AA-5
- Status
- Completed · report December 19, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168689
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0818 72/10/8 MONTOUR FALLS,NY AMER AVCO AA-5 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 33, 250 TIME - 1245 N5813L PX- 0 2 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MARTIN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MONTICELLO,NY MONTOUR FALLS,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIDDEN HAZARD SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT QUARTERING TAIL WIND 203-247 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 290 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- PLT ELECTED TO CONTINUE ROLL STRAIGHT AHEAD,BULLRUSHES OBSCURED DITCH.WIND GUSTING 20K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5813L
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Martin
N5813LRegistration cancelled Feb 16, 2018 · American AA-5Airframe modelAmerican AA-5Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N5813L · 1
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