# Accident 20010819039889A: Amtr GLASTAR, Gulkana, AK, August 19, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 2001, 18:13 local time
- Place: Gulkana, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 62.3575° N, 144.0303° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.3575&lon=-144.0303&mi=10
- Aircraft: N677DT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N677DT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Freeman Matthew D GLASTAR (registry code 056060R, https://openairdocs.org/model/freeman-matthew-d-glastar) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-320-D2J (registry code 41595, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-320-d2j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR GLASTAR
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2J
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 325 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC01LA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01LA126) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010819039889A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT ATTEMPTED LANDING AT CHELLE LAKE AIRSTRIP, 17 NM NW OF GULKANA, AK. ON FIRST PASS MR. FREEMAN MADE A LOW APPROACH TO CHECK RUNWAY CONDITIONS WHICH WERE: DRY GRAVEL, 740 FEET LONG, NORTH/SOUTH ORIENTATION, 3% GRADE WITH UP-HILL TO THE NORTH, AND MANY VERTICAL UNDULATIONS ON LAST HALF OF UPHILL END. AFTER THE LOW APPROACH MR. FREEMAN ATTEMPTED A LANDING TO THE SOUTH AND INTO FAVORING WINDS FROM THE SOUTH EAST AT 3 TO 10 KTS. ON THE FIRST ATTEMPT MR. FREEMAN SAID HE EXPERIENCED A WIND SHEAR AND AFTER TOUCHING DOWN ELECTED TO GO-AROUND. HE THEN CHANGED DIRECTIONS, ELECTING TO LAND TO THE NORTH AND UP-HILL. DURING THIS LANDING MR. FREEMAN SAID HE OVERSHOT THE THRESHOLD BY 140 FEET DUE TO TAILWIND SITUATION AND ENCOUNTERED THE SURFACE UNDULATIONS WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO BOUNCE INTO THE AIR AGAIN AND AGAIN. HE STATED THAT HE WAS NEVER ABLE TO SLOW THE AIRCRAFT VERY MUCH DUE TO THE FACT THAT HE KEPT BECOMING AIRBORNE. FINALLY, UPON REACHING A POINT NEAR THE END, MR. FREEMAN SAID HE HAD TO APPLY SUCH BRAKING FORCE THAT THE AIRCRAFT NOSE-OVER HARD AND CAUSED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, NOSE CONE, RIGHT WING, AND THE LEADING EDGE OF THE VERTICAL STABILIZER. CONSIDER PILOT ABILITY (DECISION MAKING PROCESS) AND SHORT FIELD LANDING TECHNIQUE ADDITIONALLY CAUSAL TO THIS ACCIDENT.

## 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 ANC01LA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01LA126), Aug 19, 2001: Freeman Glastar (N677DT), Glennallen, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to abort the landing. Factors associated with the accident were the pilot's selection of an unsuitable landing area, and his failure to attain a proper touchdown point. An…

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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