# Accident 20071007022479A: Amtr GLASTAR, Girdwood, AK, October 7, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 7, 2007, 19:00 local time
- Place: Girdwood, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2378° N, 148.6422° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2378&lon=-148.6422&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55XP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55XP-2010-12-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rittal Alfred Timothy GLASTAR (registry code 05621KK, https://openairdocs.org/model/rittal-alfred-timothy-glastar) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Aerosport O-360 (registry code 01300, https://openairdocs.org/engine/aerosport-o-360) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR GLASTAR
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 360 total, 71 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC08CA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08CA001) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071007022479A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT DEPARTED FROM THE LAKE HOOD AIRPORT FOR A TRAINING FLIGHT. THE PILOT DID A TAKEOFF AND LANDING AT THE BIRCHWOOD AIRPORT BEFORE HEADING TO A GRASS RUNWAY NEAR UPPER LAKE GEORGE. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, WHILE ON ROLL OUT FROM LANDING, THE PILOT APPLIED THE BRAKES TOO HARD CAUSING THE AIRPLANE TO FLIP OVER. THERE WAS A DIP IN THE RUNWAY WHERE HE APPLIED THE BRAKES, CONTRIBUTING TO THE FLIP OVER.

## 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 ANC08CA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08CA001), Oct 8, 2007: Rittal Glastar (N55XP), Girdwood, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's excessive use of the brakes during the landing roll, which resulted in a nose over.

## Other reports on N55XP (1)

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

- [Accident 20090922049929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090922049929A), Sep 22, 2009: Rittal Alfr GLASTAR (N55XP), Bethel, AK, Substantial damage. The pilot flew to a hunting site approximately sixty five miles east of Bethel on Cripple Creek which flows north into salmon river. The airstrip is not 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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