# Accident 20090922049929A: Rittal Alfr GLASTAR, Bethel, AK, September 22, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 2009, 16:48 local time
- Place: Bethel, AK
- Airport: Cripple Creek
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.7381° N, 159.5778° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.7381&lon=-159.5778&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: RITTAL ALFR GLASTAR
- Reported engine: AEROSPORT O-360
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 512 total, 275 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC09CA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC09CA106) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090922049929A

## Narrative

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

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 IMPROVED OR PUBLISHED AIRPORT, ALTHOUGH IT IS USED BY OTHER AIRCRAFT.  ON APPROACH TO LANDING THE PILOT DETECTED A WIND SHIFT AND ADDED POWER FOR A GO AROUND.  THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT CLIMB AS READILY AS THE PILOT WANTED IT TO AFTER ADDING POWER.  THE AIRCRAFT HIT A SPRUCE TREE.  THE PILOT DID NOT RECALL ANYTHING ELSE AFTER THAT.

## 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 ANC09CA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC09CA106), Sep 23, 2009: Rittal Alfred Timothy Glastar (N55XP), Tuluksak, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of control for an undetermined reason during the takeoff portion of an aborted landing at an off-airport site, resulting in a collision with terrain.

## Other reports on N55XP (1)

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

- [Accident 20071007022479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071007022479A), Oct 7, 2007: Amtr GLASTAR (N55XP), Girdwood, AK, Substantial damage. (-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…

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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