# Accident 20001122023609A: Amtr GLASAIRIII, Gilmer, TX, November 22, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 22, 2000, 16:36 local time
- Place: Gilmer, TX
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7291° N, 94.9394° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7291&lon=-94.9394&mi=10
- Aircraft: N462SH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N462SH-2001-04-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hall Scott GLASAIR III (registry code 05607T6, https://openairdocs.org/model/hall-scott-glasair-iii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR GLASAIRIII
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW01FA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01FA023) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001122023609A

## Narrative

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

(-23)WITNESSES OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE MAKE A SOUTH TO NORTH HIGH SPEED PASS OVER THE GILMER-UPSHIRE COUNTY AIRPORT'S RUNWAY AT ABOUT 100 FEET AGL. AT THE NORTH END OF THE RUNWAY, IT NOSED UP TO AN APPROX. 20 DEGREE CLIMB. AT APPROX. 1000-1500 FEET AGL, THE AIRPLANE BEGAN A RIGHT ROLL MANUEVER. AFTER IT ROLLED THROUGH INVERTED, THERE WAS A "NOTICEABLE HESITATION". BY THIS TIME THE AIRPLANE HAD "DROPPED TO A NOSE LOW ATTITUDE". THE AIRPLANE DISAPPEARED BEHIND THE TREES WHILE IN AN APPROXIMATE 40-60 DEGREE BANK AND 45-DEGREE NOSE LOW ATTITUDE. AFTER DISAPPEARING BEHIND THE TREES, THE SOUND OF THE AIRPLANE'S ENGINE "STOPPED ABRUPTLY". THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A RESIDENTIAL BACKYARD.

## 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 FTW01FA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01FA023), Nov 22, 2000: Hall Glasair III (N462SH), Gilmer, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's performance of aerobatic maneuvers at a low altitude and his failure to maintain aircraft control. A contributing factor was the pilot's lack of aerobatic experience.

## Other reports on N462SH (1)

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

- [Incident 19991205035189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991205035189I), Dec 5, 1999: Amtr GLASAIRIII (N462SH), Mesquite, TX, Minor damage. (-23) On landing at Mesquite, TX the nose wheel came off due to shear elastic stop nut becoming loose and falling off.

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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