# Accident 20101021048439A: Rotherwick GLASAIR III, Colville, WA, October 21, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 2010, 16:43 local time
- Place: Colville, WA
- Airport: Colville Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.5439° N, 117.8839° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.5439&lon=-117.8839&mi=10
- Aircraft: N471B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N471B-2018-01-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rotherwick HR GLASAIR III (registry code 056291J, https://openairdocs.org/model/rotherwick-hr-glasair-iii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROTHERWICK GLASAIR III
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 362 total, 50 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR11CA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11CA022) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101021048439A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED RUNWAY 19. TOUCHED DOWN NEAR MIDFIELD. PILOT WAS UNABLE TO STOP AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO REACHING THE END OF THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT WENT OFF THE SOUTH END OF THE RUNWAY AND WENT THROUGH A FENCE, DAMAGING BOTH WINGS. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST UP ON ITS NOSE, SUSTAINING DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, NOSE LANDING GEAR, AND RH LANDING GEAR. SKID MARKS WERE FOUND FROM LH AND RH TIRES THAT WERE APPROXIMATELY 350 FEET LONG.

## 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 WPR11CA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11CA022), Oct 21, 2010: Rotherwick Glasair III (N471B), Colville, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudged approach and failure to attain the proper touchdown point, which resulted in a runway overrun.

## Other reports on N471B (1)

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

- [Accident 20120517008169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120517008169A), May 17, 2012: Rotherwick Hr GLASAIR III (N471B), Darby, MT, Substantial damage. Pilot states the weather was changing rapidly, attempted to divert to kbzn but unable, turned to divert to 6S5 (hamilton, MT) but valley was blocked by 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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