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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr Glasairiirg · Chandler, AZ · March 24, 1996

Date
March 24, 1996 · 10:23 local
Place
Chandler, AZ
Airport
Williams Afb
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N56SG
Reported as
Amtr Glasairiirg
Reported engine
Continental IO360A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,500 total500 in this make and model55 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: preflight performed on aircraft N56SG. A/c departed rwy 30L in standard traffic pattern, with owner stewart glemba and instructor robert kirk. At approximately 800' pilot experienced a mechanical failure of the elevator control system. The crew regained control and established a glide to approach in a field at power & ray road. Aircraft landed gear-up & received minor damage. No injury to crew.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PREFLIGHT PERFORMED ON AIRCRAFT N56SG. A/C DEPARTED RWY 30L IN STANDARD TRAFFIC PATTERN, WITH OWNER STEWART GLEMBA AND INSTRUCTOR ROBERT KIRK. AT APPROXIMATELY 800' PILOT EXPERIENCED A MECHANICAL FAILURE OF THE ELEVATOR CONTROL SYSTEM. THE CREW REGAINED CONTROL AND ESTABLISHED A GLIDE TO APPROACH IN A FIELD AT POWER & RAY ROAD. AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR-UP & RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE. NO INJURY TO CREW.