- Date
- July 5, 1982, 14:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Marstons Mills, MA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9657UGrumman American AA-5A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 5, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820705028599A
- Case key
- 71597
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot stated that the aircraft was slow to gain normal lift-off speed due to the surface of the airstrip. He also stated that after prematurely vaulting the aircraft into the air the aircraft never gained sufficient airspeed for a climb. The aircraft mushed into trees off the end of the runway. Runway 9-27 was over 900 ft longer than the one selected and was available for use.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9657U
- Reported as
- Grumman American AA-5A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0023
- Airframe hours
- 1,383
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2G, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- George Goodwin
- Registered owner
- George Goodwin
- Departed
- Marstons Mills, MA
- Destination
- Hyannis, MA
- Airport
- Cape Cod, runway 35, 1,665 × 50 ft, grass/turf
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 340 total · 166 in this make and model · 275 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 165 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.