# Accident 19981121044579A: Amtr GLASAIRSHII, Georgetown, CA, November 21, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 21, 1998, 11:15 local time
- Place: Georgetown, CA
- Airport: Georgetown Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7292° N, 120.8005° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7292&lon=-120.8005&mi=10
- Aircraft: N658PM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N658PM-2020-12-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Martin Peter K SH II (registry code 05620TB, https://openairdocs.org/model/martin-peter-k-sh-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR GLASAIRSHII
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 22,000 total, 11 in this make and model, 270 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX99LA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99LA042) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981121044579A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON NOVEMBER 21, 1998, AT 1120 HOURS PACIFIC STANDARD TIME, A GLASAIR GL-60, N658PM, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING A HARD LANDING AT GEORGETOWN, CALIFORNIA. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND HIS INSTRUCTOR WERE NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE FLIGHT FROM AUBURN, CALIFORNIA. THIS WAS ONE LEG OF A ROUND ROBIN CROSS-COUNTRY THAT HAD ORIGINATED IN SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA. THE PILOT WAS TRYING TO ACCUMULATE 10 HOURS OF DUAL INSTRUCTION IN THE AIRPLANE TO SATISFY INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS. (.4) ON NOVEMBER 21, 1998, AT 1115 HOURS PACIFIC STANDARD TIME, A MARTIN STODDARD HAMILTON II, N658PM, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING A HARD LANDING AT GEORGETOWN, CALIFORNIA.  THE FLIGHT WAS OPERATING UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91.  THE PRIVATE PILOT/OWNER AND HIS INSTRUCTOR WERE NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT DEPARTED SACRAMENTO EXECUTIVE AIRPORT AT 1015, FLEW TO AUBURN, CALIFORNIA, THEN TO GEORGETOWN.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PILOT NEEDED 1.7 HOURS TO FILL AN INSURANCE REQUIREMENT FOR 10 HOURS OF DUAL INSTRUCTION.  HE WAS ALSO GOING TO RECEIVE A TAIL WHEEL ENDORSEMENT.  AFTER COMPLETING SEVERAL LANDINGS AT AUBU RN, THEY DEPARTED FOR GEORGETOWN. THE PILOT STATED HE HAD NEVER BEEN TO THE GEORGETOWN AIRPORT.  THE FIRST APPROACH WAS HIGH AND A GO-AROUND WAS INITIATED.  ON THE SECOND APPROACH THE INSTRUCTOR STATED THE AIRCRAFT BALLOONED DURING THE FLAIR AND THEN SETTLED TO THE RUNWAY IN A HARD LANDING.  A FULL POWER GO-AROUND WAS INITIATED, BUT THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY.  AFTER THE LANDING GEAR CONTACTED A DENSE STAND OF SCOTCH BROOM VEGETATION, THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A REST.  THE INSTRUCTOR AND PILOT FELT THE BALLOONING WAS PARTIALLY DUE TO A DIP IN THE RUNWAY JUST PAST THE NUMBERS.  THE PROPELLER, LANDING GEAR, AND THE RIGHT AILERON AND ITS ATTACHMENT FITTINGS WERE SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.

## 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 LAX99LA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99LA042), Nov 21, 1998: Martin Stoddard Hamilton II (N658PM), Georgetown, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper flare. Also causal was the flight instructor's inadequate supervision.

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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