# NTSB NYC82DA238: Grumman American AA-5B, Hancock, NY, September 27, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: September 27, 1982, 14:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place: Hancock, NY
- Coordinates: 41.950035, -75.270195 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9500&lon=-75.2702&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 27, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70954
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC82DA238
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70954/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82DA238

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - became lost/disoriented - inadvertent, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - lack of familiarity with geographic area, pilot in command
  - performed, pilot in command
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - fence (cause)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN AMERICAN AA-5B
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: AA5B-0407
- Airframe hours: 1305
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 30; foreign; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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