# NTSB NYC87DNC03: Aero Commander 680, N6375U, Barre, VT, December 3, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: December 3, 1986, 07:15 local (12:15 UTC)
- Place: Barre, VT
- Location: 44.2035° N, 72.5621° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EDWARD F KNAPP STATE (MPV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2035&lon=-72.5621&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 17, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30449
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC87DNC03
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30449/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87DNC03

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - wet (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - icy (contributing factor)
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- Overrun, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - downhill
  - terrain condition - snow covered

## Analysis

WITNESS OBSERVED THE ACFT TOUCHDOWN ABOUT 2000 FEET DOWN 5001 FOOT RWY. THE RWY WAS REPORTED WET AND ICY IN SPOTS AT THE NORTH END ONLY. THE ACFT OVERRAN THE RWYS END AND WENT DOWN INTO A RAVINE ABOUT 25 FT BELOW RWY LEVEL. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF MALFUNCTION OF THE ACFT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6375U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6375U-2013-04-29), registration cancelled 2013-04-29, S/N 1466-89, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERO COMMANDER 680
- Registry model: [Aero Commander 680FL](https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-680fl) (registry code 0141608) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IGO-540-B1A](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-igo-540-b1a) (registry code 41538, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1466-89
- Airframe hours: 9418
- Engines: LYCOMING ICSO-540 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: Energy Air Center Charters, doing business as Air Parcel Express
- Registered owner: Inter American Leasing
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Continuous airworthiness, November 16, 1986, 18 hours before
- Departed: MHT, MANCHESTER, NH
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: MPV, Edward F. Knapp State, runway 35, 5,001 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 23; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 1,745 total, 31 in this make and model, 1,577 as pilot in command, 124 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dawn
- Wind: 230° at 2 knots
- Visibility: 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 1,400 ft overcast
- Temperature: 39 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: MPV, 1 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19861203064029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861203064029A), Dec 3, 1986: Gulstm 680FL, Barre Montpelie, VT, Substantial damage. The aircraft ran off the end of the runway after a long, fast touchdown. Ice patches reported on end of runway.

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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