Gilette-Campbell County Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Gillette, Wyoming 82716
Tuesady, June 8, 1982 17:24 MDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

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.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Incident
Event Date 6/8/1982
Event Day of the Week Tuesday
Time of Event 1724
Event Time Zone Mountain Daylight Time
Event City GILLETTE
Event State WYOMING
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 82716
Event Date Year 1982
Event Date Month 6
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude --
Event Location Longitude --
Event Location Airport GILETTE-CAMPBELL COUNTY
Event Location Nearest Airport ID GCC
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 0
Weather Briefing Completeness Full
Investigator's weather source Unknown
Time of the weather observation 1736
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID GCC
Elevation of weather observation facility 0
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 1100
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 800
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Scattered
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Broken
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 20
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 42
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 0
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 280
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 15
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30
Density Altitude (feet) 0
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 29
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 5109
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date --
NTSB Notification Time 0
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information
Date of most recent change to record Oct 31 2002 4:04PM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\ZUZL
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N159AN
NTSB Number DEN82IA103
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 121: Air Carrier
Type of Flight Plan filed IFR
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage None
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name GRUMMAN
Aircraft Model G-159C
Aircraft Series Identifier G-159C
Aircraft Serial Number 116
Certified Max Gross Weight 36000
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class Unknown
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 37
Number of Engines 2
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Unknown
Date of Last Inspection --
Airframe hours since last inspection 25
Airframe Hours 12181
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated Unknown
ELT Aided Location of Event Site Unknown
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name GULFSTREAM AMERICAN CORPORATIO
Aircraft Owner Street Address
Aircraft Owner City SAVANNAH
Aircraft Owner State GA
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name U.S. AVIATION, INC.
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address P.O. BOX 38647 AMF/STAPLETON I
Operator City DENVER
Operator State CO
Operator Country
Operator Zip code 80238
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate Yes - certificate holder
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not Scheduled
Indicates Domestic or International Flight Domestic
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail Passenger Only
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Unknown
Second Pilot on Board Unknown
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code SHR
Departure City SHERIDAN
Departure State WY
Departure Country
Departure Time 1640
Departure Time Zone
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code
Destination City
Destination State
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Sep 18 2002 4:50PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 33
Runway Length 6507
Runway Width 75
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --