ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 332065
| Date: | Tuesday 25 July 1967 |
| Time: | 15:35 |
| Type: |  Grumman G-159 Gulfstream I |
| Owner/operator: | Mellon Bank |
| Registration: | N205M |
| MSN: | 62 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1961 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Harrisburg-York State Airport, PA (HAR) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | |
| Harrisburg-York State Airport, PA (HAR/KCXY) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
While approaching Harrisburg-York State Airport, the airplane encountered rain showers. After touchdown at 105 knots with a 9 knots quartering tailwind the Gulfstream hydroplaned. To avoid overrunning the runway, the pilot ground-looped. The aircraft sustained irreparable damage after sliding off the runway.
PROBABLE CAUSES:
miscellaneous acts, conditions - hydroplaning on wet runway
pilot in command - failed to initiate go-around
FACTORS:
pilot in command - selected wrong runway relative to existing wind
miscellaneous acts, conditions - downwind
weather - thunderstorm activity
airports/airways/facilities - airport conditions: wet runway
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB File 2-0388
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