Grumman G-159C N159AN

Summary

On 8 June 1982 at about 23:24 local time, a Grumman G-159C registered N159AN, operated by U.s. Aviation, Inc., was involved in an incident near Gillette, Wyoming, United States. 29 people were on board and nobody was injured. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

8 June 1982 at 23:24

Classification

Incident

Location

Gillette, Wyoming, United States

Nearest airport

Gilette-Campbell County (GCC)

Coordinates

44.4606, -105.7000

Aircraft

Grumman G-159C

Registration

N159AN

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

U.s. Aviation, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Sheridan → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN82IA103

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE ACFT WAS ON A SCHEDULED, DOMESTIC, PAX FLT. THE COPLT WAS THE COMPANY'S CHIEF PLT AND WAS FLYNG THE ACFT FROM THE LEFT SEAT. HE WAS UNDER SUPERVISION OF THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND (PIC) WHO WAS IN THE RT SEAT. DRG ARRIVAL, THE CREW ELECTED TO MAKE A LOCALIZER-ONLY APCH TO RWY 33 WHICH WAS WET. JUST PRIOR TO LNDG, THE WIND WAS REPORTED FROM 280 DEG AT 15 KNTS. (ACCORDING TO AN OFFICIAL WX OBS AT 1736 MDT, THE WIND WAS FROM 290 DEG AT 17, GSTG 25 KTS.) REPORTEDLY, THE LNDG APCH & TCHDWN WERE NORMAL. AT APRX 90 KTS, GROUND FIND FINE PITCH (GFP) WAS SELECTED & THE ACFT VEERED TO THE LEFT. NOSE WHL STEERING & RUDDER WERE RPRTD AS NIL. THE PIC ASSUMED CONTROL, BUT THE ACFT WENT OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY BFR HE WAS ABLE TO STOP THE SWERVE AND PARALLEL THE RWY. THERE WAS NO DNG OR INJURY. DURING AN INVESTIGATION, THE LEFT ENGINE WAS FOUND TO IDLE AT 8000 RPM, THE RGT ENGINE IDLED AT 9000 RPM. THE RECOMMENDED IDLE SPEED WAS 6500 TO 7500 RPM.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.