- Date
- February 22, 1976
- Place
- Burlington, VT · BURLINGTON, VT
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N397FGrumman G-1159
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760222024889A
- Case key
- 152563
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2026 76/2/22 BURLINGTON,VT GRUMMAN G-1159 CR- 0 2 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1504 N397F PX- 0 0 1 CORP/EXEC 31, 4744 TOTAL HOURS, 754 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BURLINGTON INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEWARK,NJ BURLINGTON,VT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 4 MILES OR LESS SNOW SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 023-067 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 350 21 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- COMMENCED OSCILLATING ROLL ON FINAL APPROACH RT WING STRUCK RUNWAY,THEN LFT WING,AIRCRFT CARTWHEEL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N397F
- Reported as
- Grumman G-1159
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Burlington Intl
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.