- Date
- September 27, 1982, 14:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Hancock, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- CGRMXGrumman American AA-5B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 27, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 70954
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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.
Overrun
Became lost/disoriented - inadvertentFactor
Lack of familiarity with geographic area
Performed
Distance - misjudgedCause
Airspeed - misjudgedCause
On ground/water collision with object
Object - fenceCause
Analysis
The pilot flew past his destination. When he realized he was lost, he checked the VOR and chose to land at white birch field. After touchdown, he was unable to stop on the remaining runway. The aircraft continued off the end of the runway and struck a fence. The pilot was an egyptian citizen that had previously traveled to Canada using a west german passport.
Aircraft
- Registration
- CGRMX
- Reported as
- Grumman American AA-5B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA5B-0407
- Airframe hours
- 1,305
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4K, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Zakaria S. Abdelaziz
- Registered owner
- Cfac, Inc.
- Departed
- Richmond, VA
- Destination
- Wilkes-Barre, PA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 4N8 · White Birch Field
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 30
- Certificate
- Foreign
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day