# Incident 19970529016559I: Amtr GLASAIRIII, St Stephens Chu, VA, May 29, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 1997, 20:00 local time
- Place: St Stephens Chu, VA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8004° N, 77.0330° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Saint Stephens Church District, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8004&lon=-77.0330&mi=10
- Aircraft: N485H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N485H-2000-08-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Helgerson Martin R GLASAIR (registry code 05655JD, https://openairdocs.org/model/helgerson-martin-r-glasair) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR GLASAIRIII
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 425 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970529016559I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING AT 2300 FEET, WHEN WOOD PROP CAME APART LEAVING AIRCRAFT. UPON LANDING RIGHT GEAR HIT TALL GRASS AND SHEARED OFF. THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED ON LEFT GEAR UNTIL WING SETTLED TO THE GROUND CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO TURN AND SHEAR OFF LEFT GEAR BEFORE SLIDING TO A STOP. THERE WAS NO FIRE OR INJURIES.

## Other reports on N485H (1)

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

- [Incident 19880123013619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880123013619I), Jan 23, 1988: Amtr GLASAIR (N485H), New Bern, NC, Minor damage. Right brake locked and would not release on rollout. Ground looped. Aircraft tipped up on its nose.

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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