Gulfstream AA-5B N74023

Summary

On 5 July 1982 at about 16:54 local time, a Gulfstream AA-5B registered N74023, operated by Mark K.koppin, was involved in an accident near Mankato, Kansas, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

5 July 1982 at 16:54

Classification

Accident

Location

Mankato, Kansas, United States

Nearest airport

Mankato (TKO)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Gulfstream AA-5B

Registration

N74023

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Mark K.koppin

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Des Moines → Lamar

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC82DA119

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

DURING A FLIGHT FROM DES MOINES, IOWA TO LAMAR, COLORADO, THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND AT MANKATO, KANSAS FOR FUEL. REPORTEDLY, THE PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY 17 WITH THE WIND FROM 190 AT 18 GUSTING 24 KNOTS. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE ESTABLISHED A STEEP, NO FLAP, FINAL APPROACH AT 80 KNOTS. HE REPORTED THAT THE RATE OF DESCENT INCREASED WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS ABOUT 50 FT AGL. FULL APPLICATION OF THROTTLE AND NOSE-UP ELEVATOR DID NOT REDUCE THE DESCENT RATE. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A CORNFIELD ABOUT 120 FT SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF A PREIMPACT MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE OF THE AIRCRAFT OR ENGINE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.