ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70475
Last updated: 25 May 2013
This information is added by users of ASN. ASN nor the Flight Safety Foundation are responsible for the completeness or correctness of this information.
If you feel this information is incomplete or incorrect, you can submit corrected information.
| Date: | 13-JUL-1985 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Grob G109B |
| Operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N44GF |
| C/n / msn: | 6344 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Pittstown, NJ -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
THE APPROACH TO RUNWAY 08 WAS NORMAL, HOWEVER IT WAS LONG. ALTHOUGH THE APPROACH WAS NOT TOO LONG TO LAND, THE STUDENT APPLIED FULL POWER AND DECIDED TO GO AROUND. THE INS TRUCTOR TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AFTER REALIZING THAT CLEARING THE TREES WOULD BE CLOSE. ALTITUDE WAS ABOUT 10 FEET WEHN THE INSTRUCTOR TURNED THE AIRCRAFT TOWARD A CLEARER AREA. THIS ALTITUDE WAS BELOW THE TREE TOPS AHEAD. THE INSTRUCTOR RESET THE PROPELLER TO CLIMB PITCH IN CASE IT MAY HAVE GONE INTO CRUISE PITCH DURING THE GO AROUND. THEINSTRUCTOR CONTINUED THE GO AROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH TREES WHEN IT COULD NO LONGER CLIMB ABOVE THE RISING TERRAIN.
Cancelled Feb. 1986.
Sources:
NTSB Identification: NYC85LA171
coptercrazy
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Dec-2009 00:18 | DColclasure | Added |
| 23-Sep-2011 03:10 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Nature, Source, Narrative, Plane category, ] |
| 29-Sep-2011 02:47 | Uli Elch | Updated [Plane category, ] |
Corrections or additions? ... Edit this accident description