# Accident 20000730009809A: Amtr GLASAIRIII, Smithfield, NC, July 30, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 2000, 13:55 local time
- Place: Smithfield, NC
- Airport: Johnston County Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4991° N, 78.3400° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4991&lon=-78.3400&mi=10
- Aircraft: N422CS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N422CS-2001-01-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Briggs Leslie GLASAIR III (registry code 056221G, https://openairdocs.org/model/briggs-leslie-glasair-iii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR GLASAIRIII
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 3,192 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL00LA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL00LA070) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000730009809A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE ABOVE MENTIONED AIRCRAFT, #N4422CS DEPARTED RUNWAY 3. THE AIRPORT MANAGER NOTICED THE CABIN DOOR CANOPY WAS UNLATCHED, HE THEN CONTACTED THE PILOT BY RADIO. THE PILOT RESPONDED, BUT HIS TRANSMISSION WAS UNREADABLE.THE AIRCRAFT MADE A LEFT TURN BACK TO THE RUNWAY WHEN MAKING THE FINAL TURN TO ALIGN WITH THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED TO THE RIGHT IN A STEEP DESCENT AND IMPACTED THE RUNWAY. THERE WERE TWO FATALITIES. (.4)A WITNESS FLYING IN THE VICINITY OF THE AIRPORT STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE TOOK OFF FROM RUNWAY 03 AND CLIMBED TO ABOUT 500 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL.  HE SAID THE AIRPLANE TURNED SHARPLY TO THE LEFT AND THEN TO THE RIGHT AND HEADED BACK TOWARDS THE RUNWAY, THEN ROLLED INVERTED AND COLLIDED WITH THE RUNWAY SURFACE IN A 20 TO 30 DEGREE NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. THE AIRPORT MANAGER STATED THAT HE NOTICED THAT THE COCKPIT CANOPY WAS UNLATCHED DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL. HE THEN CONTACTED THE PILOT BY RADIO. THE PILOT RESPONDED, BUT HIS TRANSMISSION WAS UNREADABLE. THE AIRCRAFT MADE A LEFT TURN BACK TO THE RUNWAY. WHILE MAKING THE FINAL TURN TO ALIGN WITH RUNWAY 21 THE AIRPLANE ROLLED TO THE RIGHT IN A STEEP DECENT AND IMPACTED THE RUNWAY.

## 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 ATL00LA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL00LA070), Jul 30, 2000: Leslie Briggs Glasair III (N422CS), Smithfield, NC, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain flying speed during an emergency landing which lead to an inadvertent stall/spin. A factor was the pilot's failure to secure the cockpit canopy prior to takeoff.

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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