# Accident 19920503012979A: Amtr GLASAIR, Somerville, VA, May 3, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 1992, 15:58 local time
- Place: Somerville, VA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5218° N, 77.6094° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Somerville, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5218&lon=-77.6094&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1RX (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR GLASAIR
- Reported engine: LYC IO360B1E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 245 total, 151 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO92FA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO92FA051) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920503012979A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

OBSERVED IN FLAT SPIN TO IMPACT. TOLD WIFE INTENDED TO DO ACROBATICS.MARGINAL ACROBATIC TRAINING. SPINS PROHIBITED

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB BFO92FA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO92FA051), May 3, 1992: Sam R. Crowell SH-2R (N1RX), Somerville, VA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S INADEQUATE HANDLING OF AIRCRAFT DURING AEROBATIC MANEUVER WHICH RESULTED IN A LOSS OF CONTROL. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE LACK OF EXPERIENCE IN OPERATION.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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