NTSB Identification: ATL84LA201.
The docket is stored on NTSB microfiche number 24559.
Accident occurred Friday, June 15, 1984 in WILLIAMSBURG, VA
Aircraft: GULFSTREAM AMERICAN AA-5B, registration: N28812
Injuries: 4 Uninjured.
NTSB investigators may not have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A DIRT MOUND DURING A GO-AROUND. THE PLT RECALLED THAT THE WIND WAS VARIABLE & GUSTY, BUT GENERALLY, THE WIND SOCK SHOWED A X-WIND OF 30 TO 90 DEGS. AFTER BOUNCING ON 1 WHEEL & THEN ON ANOTHER, THE PLT INITIATED A GO-AROUND. THE ACFT HIT THE GROUND LEFT OF THE RWY, THEN STRUCK A THE MOUND OF DIRT. THE FLAPS WERE FOUND FULLY EXTENDED AFTER THE ACCIDENT.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS..IMPROPER..PILOT IN COMMAND
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING..IMPROPER..PILOT IN COMMAND
Contributing Factors
TERRAIN CONDITION..DIRT BANK/RISING EMBANKMENT
Contributing Factors
WEATHER CONDITION..UNFAVORABLE WIND
Contributing Factors
WEATHER CONDITION..CROSSWIND
Contributing Factors
WEATHER CONDITION..GUSTS
Contributing Factors
LOWERING OF FLAPS..EXCESSIVE..PILOT IN COMMAND
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