Gulfstream American AA-5B N51LL

Summary

On 12 May 2021 at about 21:50 local time, a Gulfstream American AA-5B registered N51LL, operated by Santa Barbara Flying Club, was involved in an accident near Hillsboro, Oregon, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

12 May 2021 at 21:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Hillsboro, Oregon, United States

Nearest airport

Stark's Twin Oaks Airpark (7S3)

Coordinates

45.4315, -122.9396

Aircraft

Gulfstream American AA-5B

Registration

N51LL

Category

Airplane

Year built

1978

Engines

1

Operator

Santa Barbara Flying Club

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Tacoma

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR21LA195

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s delayed remediation following an aborted takeoff run, which resulted in a runway overrun and collision with trees.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that, he was on a long cross-country flight and had stopped at several airports along the way. He reported that during a takeoff run, he accelerated to rotation speed and heard the stall warning horn oral alert when he attempted to lift the nosewheel off the ground. The pilot elected to abort the takeoff as the airplane did not appear to be accelerating sufficiently. At the time, the airplane was about halfway down the runway. According to the pilot, as there was between 800-1,200 ft of runway remaining at the time, he retarded the throttle and applied some brake pressure, but the airplane did not decelerate as he had anticipated. The pilot recounted that he took his feet off the rudder pedals multiple times to ensure they were correctly placed. He then applied maximum pressure to the brake pedals, but the airplane overran the runway end, traversed a road, and impacted trees. The wings were substantially damaged. The pilot stated that the brake system did not perform as he had anticipated. However, postaccident examination of the brake system did not reveal any anomalies. Further, the pilot reported that he did not experience any abnormalities with the brakes when he used them to stop at other airports during other legs of the cross-country flight.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.