- Date
- October 16, 1983, 20:00 local (Oct 17, 1983, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Skaneateles, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N238GAero Commander 560E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831016057349A
- Case key
- 35453
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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Light condition - nightFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertent
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - ditchFactor
Complete gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear - overload
Landing gear,nose gear - overload
Analysis
Acft ran off right side of rwy & collided with a drainage ditch collapsing nose & left main landing gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N238G
- Reported as
- Aero Commander 560E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 560E-694
- Airframe hours
- 3,903
- Engine
- Lycoming GO-480, 340 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- R. L. Kistler, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 14, 1983
- Departed
- Glens Falls, NY
- Airport
- 6B9 · Skaneateles, runway 28, 3,200 × 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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 991 total · 93 in this make and model · 724 as pilot in command · 91 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 68 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.