- Date
- November 30, 1987, 17:59 local (22:59 UTC)
- Place
- Morristown, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4533QGulfstream American AA-5B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871130069059A
- Case key
- 36048
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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.
Analysis
The gulfstream-american AA5B was making a takeoff with a flight instructor and student pilot on board. At 65 knots during the takeoff, a deer was struck on the runway and killed. The takeoff was aborted on the runway. The student pilot and flight instructor were not injured and the aircraft received substantial damage. The plts did not file an acc report.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4533Q
- Reported as
- Gulfstream American AA-5B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA5B1186
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4K, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Century Air
- Registered owner
- Thomas A. Nebus
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- NJ · Morristown, runway 5, 6,000 × 150 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
- 45
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 15,900 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 350° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MMU
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.