# Accident 20080610834699A: Amtr GLASTAR, Wenatchee, WA, June 10, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 2008, 15:05 local time
- Place: Wenatchee, WA
- Airport: Hoverhawk Ranch
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.3397° N, 120.3164° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.3397&lon=-120.3164&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1935C (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR GLASTAR
- Reported engine: LYC O360A3A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,800 total, 180 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX08CA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08CA176) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080610834699A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON TUESDAY 6-10-08 AT APPROXIMATELY 3:00 PM PDT TIME, MR. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, PIC AND SOLE OCCUPANT, DEPARTED PANGBORN MEMORIAL AIRPORT (EAT)IN HIS AMATEUR-BUILT GLASTAR AIRCRAFT (N1935C), FOLLOWED BY A PLANNED LANDING AT NEARBY HOVERHAWK RANCH PRIVATE AIRSTRIP (WN17), 6NM SW OF THE DEPARTURE POINT.  ACCORDING TO THE PILOT'S TESTIMONY, HE FLEW A SHALLOW FINAL AT 50-55 KTS AND THEN 10 FEET FROM LANDING ADDED POWER AND TOUCHED DOWN FIRMLY IN A FULL STALL, YAWED TO THE RIGHT, AND BOUNCED.  HE THEN OVER-CORRECTED WITH LEFT RUDDER, AND BOUNCED RIGHT AGAIN.  HE PULLED THE THROTTLE TO IDLE AND THE MIXTURE TO CUTOFF, HEADED LEFT TOWARDS THE TURNAROUND AREA AND IMPACTED A ROCK PILE NEAR THE END OF THE RUNWAY, WHERE UPON THE AIRCRAFTS RIGHT LANDING GEAR IMPACTED A LARGE ROCK AND SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT SPUN 90 DEGREES TO THE RIGHT BEFORE COMING TO A FULL STOP.  THERE WERE NO KNOWN WITNESSES PRESENT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT AND NO REPORTED PRE OR POST CRASH FIRE INVOLVED.

## 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 LAX08CA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08CA176), Jun 10, 2008: Clarke Colin Glastar (N1935C), Wenatchee, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to initiate a timely go-around after the first bounce.

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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