- Date
- September 14, 1979
- Place
- Friday Harbor, WA · FRIDAY HARBOR, WA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N26832Grum-Amer AA-5A
- Status
- Completed · report November 5, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790914023909A
- Case key
- 133355
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2454 79/9/14 FRIDAY HARBOR,WA GRUM-AMER AA-5A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 148 TIME - 1755 N26832 PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FRIDAY HARBOR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ORCHAS ISLAND,WA FRIDAY HARBOR,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N26832
- Reported as
- Grum-Amer AA-5A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Friday Harbor
N26832Registration cancelled Sep 25, 2014 · Gulfstream American AA-5AAirframe modelGulfstream American AA-5AEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.