- Date
- August 18, 1981
- Place
- Amsterdam, NY · AMSTERDAM, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N26759Gulf Amer AA-5A
- Status
- Completed · report October 13, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810818051009A
- Case key
- 124163
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2900 81/8/18 AMSTERDAM,NY GULF AMER AA-5A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 16, 32 TOTAL TIME - 1330 N26759 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 14 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SNOW DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MECHANICVILLE,NY AMSTERDAM,NY 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 PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N26759
- Reported as
- Gulf Amer AA-5A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Snow
N26759Registration cancelled Apr 15, 2013 · Gulfstream American AA-5AAirframe modelGulfstream American AA-5AEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N26759 · 1
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