# Accident 19990531005929A: Amtr GLASAIR, Johnson, KS, May 31, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 1999, 13:20 local time
- Place: Johnson, KS
- Airport: Stanton County Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5704° N, 101.7506° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5704&lon=-101.7506&mi=10
- Aircraft: N83PG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N83PG-1999-12-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hornbeck Gary G GLASAIR (registry code 05655UP, https://openairdocs.org/model/hornbeck-gary-g-glasair) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR GLASAIR
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 791 total, 434 in this make and model, 69 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI99LA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA169) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990531005929A

## Narrative

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

WITNESS STATED THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED AND CRASHED AFTER A FLY-BY OF THE AIRPORT. OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES UNKNOWN. (.19) ON MAY 31, 1999, AT 1320 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A G. HORNBECK GLASAIR, N83PG, PILOTED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED THE GROUND FOLLOWING A WITNESS REPORTED LOW ALTITUDE AEROBATIC MANEUVER.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  THE 14 CFR 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS NOT OPERATING ON A FLIGHT PLAN.  THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED.  THE FLIGHT DEPARTED ULYSSES, KANSAS, EXACT TIME UNKNOWN. WITNESSES REPORTED THE AIRPLANE MADE A LOW PASS PARALLEL TO RUNWAY 09 (2,140' X 60' ASPHALT) AT THE STANTON COUNTY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, JOHNSON CITY, KANSAS.  THE WITNESSES SAID THE AIRPLANE PULLED UP AND BEGAN A ROLLING MANEUVER.  THEY SAID THE AIRPLANE WAS INVERTED WHEN IT PITCHED DOWN AND FLEW INTO THE GROUND AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. (-23) WITNESS REPORTED OBSERVING THE AIRCRAFT PERFORMING AEROBATICS AT AN ESTIMATED ALTITUDE OF 300 FEET AGL PRIOR TO ITS IMPACTING THE GROUND.  VISUAL FLIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  NO MECHANICAL DISCREPANCIES WERE FOUND BY INVESTIGATORS.  (.4) WITNESSES REPORTED THAT THE EXPERIME NTAL AIRPLANE WAS FLYING ABOUT 200 TO 300 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND WHEN IT BEGAN A ROLL-TYPE MANEUVER. ACCORDING TO THE WITNESSES, THE AIRPLANE BECAME INVERTED AND THEN DESCENDED VERTICALLY INTO THE GROUND.  THE ON-SCENE INVESTIGATION REVEALED NO AIRFRAME OR FLIGHT CONTROL ANOMALIES THAT WOULD PREVENT FLIGHT.  THE PILOT DID NOT POSSESS AN FAA STATEMENT OF AEROBATIC COMPETENCY.

## 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 CHI99LA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA169), May 31, 1999: Hornbeck Glassair (N83PG), Johnson City, KS, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's intentional low altitude performance of aerobatics.

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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