19990605014799I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr GLASAIR III · Porterville, CA · June 5, 1999

Date
June 5, 1999 · 12:45 local
Place
Porterville, CA
Airport
Porterville Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N35UV
Reported as
Amtr Glasairiii
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,138 total56 in this make and model11 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Landing approach was too slow with a nose high attitude. The pilot lost ground reference and flared too high (5-10'). The resulting stall caused the landing gear to collapse.

As the FAA filed it

LANDING APPROACH WAS TOO SLOW WITH A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE. THE PILOT LOST GROUND REFERENCE AND FLARED TOO HIGH (5-10'). THE RESULTING STALL CAUSED THE LANDING GEAR TO COLLAPSE.