# Incident 19960411006859I: Amtr GLASAIRIII, Grand Canyon, AZ, April 11, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 1996, 13:39 local time
- Place: Grand Canyon, AZ
- Airport: Grand Canyon National Park
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9524° N, 112.1470° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Grand Canyon National Park Airport (GCN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9524&lon=-112.1470&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26EX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N26EX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Flynn Dennis M GLASAIR RG II (registry code 05691FR, https://openairdocs.org/model/flynn-dennis-m-glasair-rg-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR GLASAIRIII
- Reported engine: LYC IO360B1E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 370 total, 13 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960411006859I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: WHILE EN-ROUTE KLAS TO KABQ SOUTH OF PGS VOR PILOT ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURBULENCE. THE MAIN GEAR WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. CYCLING THE GEAR FAILED TO EXTINGUISH THE WARNING LIGHTS, ONLY THE NOSE GEAR GAVE THE CORRECT LIGHTS. PILOT REQUESTED A DEVIATION TO A CONTROLLED FIELD AND CANCELED IFR. HE PERFORMED THE EMERGENCY GEAR DOWN PROCEDURE AND FAILED TO GET A GREEN LIGHT ON THE MAINS. HE FLEW PAST THE TOWER AND THEY ADVISED THE MAINS WERE EXTENDED. WHEN PILOT LANDED THE MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED ON ROLLOUT. NO NMAC REPORT FILED. THIS REPORT AND INVESTIGATION ARE CLOSED.

## Other reports on N26EX (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20150424005819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150424005819I), Apr 24, 2015: Flynn Dennis M GLASAIR RG II (N26EX), Lakeland, FL, Substantial damage. The pilot advised that while landing, the tower advised to land long which left him high and had to rapidly descend which contributed to the hard landing and…

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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