# Incident 20081019852839I: Hirsch GLASAIRIII, Burbank, CA, October 19, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 19, 2008, 15:30 local time
- Place: Burbank, CA
- Airport: Bob Hope
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1901° N, 118.3264° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Burbank, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1901&lon=-118.3264&mi=10
- Aircraft: N718DH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N718DH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hirsch Darrel L GLASAIR III SH-3R (registry code 056123S, https://openairdocs.org/model/hirsch-darrel-l-glasair-iii-sh-3r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HIRSCH GLASAIRIII
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081019852839I

## Narrative

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

ON 10/19/2008 AT 1430 A FLIGHT OF THREE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED WHITEMAN AIRPORT PACOIMA, CA. ENROUTE TO CAMARILLO AIRPORT. ON THE DOWN WIND LEG AT CAMARILLO THE PILOT OF A GLAS AIR III N718DH A ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ NOTED A PROBLEM WITH HIS LANDING GEAR. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ELECTED TO FLY BACK TO BURBANK AIRPORT. IN ROUTE TO BURBANK ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND HIS TWO WING MEN CIRCLED OVER SANTA CLARITA / MAGIC MOUNTAIN AREA BETWEEN THE 14 AND THE 5 FREEWAYS, BURNING OFF EXCESS FUEL AND EXECUTING HIGH-G IMPUTS TRYING TO EXTEND THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR. AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS MADE AT BURBANK AIRPORT WITH THE RIGHT GEAR STILL RETRACTED. THE RIGHT WING TIP WAS DAMAGE ALONG WITH THE LOWER WING SURFACE. NTSB WAS IN CONTACT WITH THE PILOT WHO WAS TOLD TO SECURE THE AIRCRAFT AND WAIT FOR AN FAA INSPECTOR BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO FLY N718DH. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RAISED THE RIGHT WING TIP, LOWERED THE GEAR, STARTED THE AIRCRAFT. THEN THE FLIGHT OF THREE DEPARTED BURBANK AIRPORT OVER A POPULATED AREA, ENROUTE TO WHITEMAN AIRPORT WITHOUT HAVING THE POST GEAR-UP LANDING DAMAGE EVALUATED BY AN FAA INSPECTOR. N718DA WAS SECURED IN A LOCKED HANGER AT WHITEMAN AIRPORT AND WAS NOT MADE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION. THE PILOT/OWNER WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

## Other reports on N718DH (1)

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

- [Incident 20060118002179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060118002179I), Jan 18, 2006: Amtr GLASAIRIII (N718DH), El Cajon, CA, Minor damage. (-23) [privacy data omitted] was the pilot and sole occupant of the airplane. The pilot [privacy data omitted] lost directional control of the plane after…

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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