# Incident 20050704022269I: Amtr GLASTAR, Concord, CA, July 4, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 2005, 09:19 local time
- Place: Concord, CA
- Airport: Buchanan Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9897° N, 122.0569° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BUCHANAN FLD (CCR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9897&lon=-122.0569&mi=10
- Aircraft: N89SR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N89SR-2018-06-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Zwicker Murray R GLASTAR (registry code 05614VL, https://openairdocs.org/model/zwicker-murray-r-glastar) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360 series (registry code 41575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR GLASTAR
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,100 total, 28 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050704022269I

## Narrative

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

(-23) CCR, 0919 LOCAL TIME, NO INJURIES. THE PILOT FAILED TO REMOVE THE TOW BAR PRIOR TO FLIGHT. UPON TAKEOFF AND RAISING OF THE RETRACTABLE LANDING GEAR, THE TOW BAR STRUCK THE PROPELLER. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND PROCEEDED TO LAND AT CCR. A POST FLIGHT EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, NOSE LANDING GEAR AND FLOATS.

## Other reports on N89SR (1)

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

- [Accident 20170430004519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170430004519A), Apr 30, 2017: Zwicker Murray R GLASTAR (N89SR), Napa, CA, Destroyed. Made 3 successful touch and go's on the lake. During the 4th touch and go, upon touchdown, the aircraft spun approximately 250 degrees and flipped upside down.

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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