# Accident 20090309002329A: Roach GLASAIRIISFT, Tulsa, OK, March 9, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 2009, 11:15 local time
- Place: Tulsa, OK
- Airport: Richard Lloyd Jones Jr
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0369° N, 95.9839° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0369&lon=-95.9839&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47NR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N47NR-2018-01-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Roach Neil GLASAIR SUPER IIS-FT (registry code 056051Y, https://openairdocs.org/model/roach-neil-glasair-super-iis-ft) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROACH GLASAIRIISFT
- Reported engine: LYC IO360B1E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,123 total, 15 in this make and model, 98 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09CA199](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA199) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090309002329A

## Narrative

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

ON 03/09/09, SECOND PILOT/OWNER OF A 1998 GLASSAIR SIIS-FT N47NR STATED THAT IT WAS HIS FIRST FLIGHT IN THE AIRCRAFT AND HIS FIRST FLIGHT SINCE 2001 SO HE REQUIRED FLIGHT INSTRUCTION FOR BOTH THE AIRCRAFT AND TO PREPARE FOR HIS BI-ANNUAL REVIEW.  SECOND PILOT/OWNER STATED HE WAS ON APPROACH TO R. L. JONES AIRPORT (RVS) FOR TOUCHDOWN AND HE FLARED THE AIRCRAFT TOO SOON AND HAD POWER BACK IN ANTICIPATION FOR TOUCHDOWN.  SECOND PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRSPEED QUICKLY DISSIPATED AS THE NOSE CAME UP, AT WHICH TIME THE INSTRUCTOR SAID TO ADD POWER.  SECOND PILOT STATED POWER WAS ADDED BUT THE RATE OF DESCENT WAS TO GREAT.  SECOND PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT DUE TO ADDITION POWER AND INSUFFICIENT RUDDER INPUT TO COUNTER.  SECOND PILOT STATED THE AIRCRAFT THEN HIT THE GROUND OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY 19R, FLAT, CATCHING THE NOSE GEAR WHICH MADE THE AIRCRAFT PITCH FORWARD AND THE PROP STRUCK THE GROUND.  SECOND PILOT STATED THE AIRCRAFT THEN CAME TO A HALT RIGHT SIDE UP.  SECOND PILOT STATED AS HE EXITED THE AIRCRAFT HE COULD SEE SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE ENGINE COWLING WHICH STARTED A GRASS FIRE.  N 47NR S/N2282 WAS CONSUMED BY FIRE AND DESTROYED.

## 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 CEN09CA199](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA199), Mar 9, 2009: Roach Neil Glasair SU (N47NR), Tulsa, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper flare, and the flight instructor's delayed remedial action.

## Other reports on N47NR (1)

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

- [Incident 19990525034559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990525034559I), May 25, 1999: Amtr GLASAIR (N47NR), Santa Fe, NM. (-23) On 05/25/99 received notice from Santa Fe tower that N47NR declared an emergency due to fumes in the cockpit, aircraft landed without incident at Santa…

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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