# Incident 20080921855439I: Simane GLASAIRIII, Merritt Island, FL, September 21, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 2008, 11:20 local time
- Place: Merritt Island, FL
- Airport: Merritt Island
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.3416° N, 80.6855° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRITT ISLAND (COI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.3416&lon=-80.6855&mi=10
- Aircraft: N98FS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N98FS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Simanek Ferdinand A GLASIR III (registry code 05604P4, https://openairdocs.org/model/simanek-ferdinand-a-glasir-iii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SIMANE GLASAIRIII
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 300 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080921855439I

## Narrative

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

ON 20 SEPTEMBER, 2008, AT  1120 LOCAL EDT, AN EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT GLASAIR III, N89FS, SERIAL NUMBER 3183, PARTIALLY OWNED AND OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, HAD A PROPELLER STRIKE DURING LANDING, GEAR RETRACTED, ON RUNWAY 11 AT THE MERRITT ISLAND AIRPORT (COI), TITUSVILLE, FLORIDA.  THE PILOT IMMEDIATELY INCREASED POWER WHEN HE HEARD THE CLANGING NOISE AND WAS ABLE TO REGAIN FLIGHT.  HE RE-ENTERED THE VFR TRACKING PATTERN, EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR, AND LANDED SAFELY BEFORE LOOSING RIGHT BRAKE PRESSURE CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO DEPART RUNWAY ONTO TO A GRASSY STRIP BEFORE COMING TO REST AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY.  A FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED AND VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME.  POST FLIGHT INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED A LEAKING RIGHT BRAKE CALIPER.  THE PROPELLER BLADE TIPS WERE BENT BACK APPROXIMATELY 3-4 INCHES AND THE AIRFRAME DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY DAMAGE.  THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE HILTON HEAD AIRPORT, BEAUFORT COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA, ON 20 SEPTEMBER, 2008, AT 1000 EDT.

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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