- Date
- September 11, 1978
- Place
- Hammondsport, NY · HAMMONDSPORT, NY
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N40MAAero Comdr 500S
- Status
- Completed · report February 20, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780911043509A
- Case key
- 139440
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4028 78/9/11 HAMMONDSPORT,NY AERO COMDR 500S CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1925 N40MA PX- 2 2 0 CORP/EXEC 51, 6300 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TAYLOR-VAN GELDER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RALEIGH,NC HAMMONDSPORT,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION TERRAIN - OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE PARTIAL OBSCURATION UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F HAZE 74 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 230 8 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- AIRCRAFT APPROACH TOWARD RISING TERRAIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40MA
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 500S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Taylor-Van Gelder
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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.