- Date
- July 3, 1983, 12:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Towanda, PA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N100PVAero Commander 500
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830703037079A
- Case key
- 35220
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During arrival on a dual instructional flt, the UNICOM advised that there was an ultralight overhead & was possibly landing. As the student was landing, an additional UNICOM advisory was received concerning the ultralight acft. The instructor plt (CFI) stated that he became preoccupied searching for the ultralight & allowed the student to touch down aprx 1000 ft down the rwy with excessive speed. Reportedly, he delayed an opportunity to go around. He took control of the acft, and after applying max braking, the acft continued off the end of the rwy, hit a rock pile & went into a ditch. The CFI reported a right x-wind at 5 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N100PV
- Reported as
- Aero Commander 500
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 784
- Airframe hours
- 3,365
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-A2B, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Donald Simons
- Registered owner
- Harry E. Price
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- BGM · Binghamton, NY
- Airport
- N27 · Towanda, runway 22, 3,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 23
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,742 total · 107 in this make and model · 2,320 as pilot in command · 199 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N100PV · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.