# Accident 19960630015509A: Amtr GLASAIRIII, Apalachicola, FL, June 30, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 1996, 10:45 local time
- Place: Apalachicola, FL
- Airport: St George Island Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7199° N, 84.9905° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7199&lon=-84.9905&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16CD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N16CD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raymond C / Raymond D GLASS AIR 2S FT (registry code 05691EV, https://openairdocs.org/model/raymond-c-raymond-d-glass-air-2s-ft) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR GLASAIRIII
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A3B6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 350 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA96LA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA96LA172) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960630015509A

## Narrative

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

REPORTED DOWNDRAFT ON FINAL. LANDED SHORT. HIT RUNWAY LIP SHEARING NOSE GEAR. GLASAIR HAD LARGER ENGINE INSTALLED.

## 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 MIA96LA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA96LA172), Jun 30, 1996: Charles Raymond Glasair 2SFT (N16CD), Apalachicola, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: Inadequate application of throttle input and up elevator input by the pilot-in-command. Contributing to the accident was the in-flight encounter with a downdraft and inadequate design of the airplane…

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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