- Date
- June 2, 1980
- Place
- Bristol, PA · BRISTOL, PA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4516VGrum-Amer AA-5B
- Status
- Completed · report August 4, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 130731
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0885 80/6/2 BRISTOL,PA GRUM-AMER AA-5B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 119 TIME - 2100 N4516V PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 21 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BRISTOL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WHITE PLAINS,NY BRISTOL,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY REMARKS- INADVERTENTLY ALLOWED FLAP HANDLE TO MOVE TO"UP"PSN AFTR LOWERING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4516V
- Reported as
- Grum-Amer AA-5B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bristol
N4516VRegistration cancelled Apr 10, 2007 · Gulfstream American AA-5BAirframe modelGulfstream American AA-5BEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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