# Accident 20020720038619A: Amtr GLASAIRIIRG, Jackson Twnship, NJ, July 20, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 2002, 13:42 local time
- Place: Jackson Twnship, NJ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0522° N, 74.2667° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0522&lon=-74.2667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N79CW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N79CW-2012-12-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Wehrlen Charles GLASAIR II RG (registry code 05620FC, https://openairdocs.org/model/wehrlen-charles-glasair-ii-rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR GLASAIRIIRG
- Reported engine: LYC O320E3D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD02FA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD02FA074) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020720038619A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WITNESSES OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT IN A STEEP, DESCENDING SPIRAL (APPROXIMATELY 3 TURNS WITNESSED) AND THEN DISAPPERA, NOSE DOWN, INTO A HEAVILY WOODED AREA. THE AIRCRAFT, N79CW, WAS FOUND DESTROYED APPROXIMATELY 1/4 MILE FROM 390 WHITESVILLE ROAD, JACKSON TOWNSHIP, NJ. THE SOLE OCCUPANT WAS FATALLY INJURED. ACCORDING TO AT PERSONNEL, NO CONTACT WAS MADE WITH FSS PRIOR TO FLIGHT AND THERE WAS NO RADAR TRACKING OF THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 IAD02FA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD02FA074), Jul 20, 2002: Wehrlen Glassair II RG (N79CW), Jackson, NJ, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed, which resulted in an inadvertent stall/spin and subsequent impact with terrain.

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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