- Date
- July 31, 1981
- Place
- Rehoboth Beach, DE · REHOBOTH BEACH, DE
- Injuries
- 3 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4553DGrum Amer AA-5B
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810731046509A
- Case key
- 124131
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2854 81/7/31 REHOBOTH BEACH,DE GRUM AMER AA-5B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 26, 49 TOTAL TIME - 1848 N4553D PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COZY COVE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION READING,PA REHOBOTH BEACH,DE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND REMARKS- FLAPS FULL DOWN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4553D
- Reported as
- Grum Amer AA-5B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Cozy Cove
N4553DRegistration cancelled May 26, 1982 · Gulfstream American AA-5AAirframe modelGulfstream American AA-5A
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.