# Accident 20110808018059A: Glasair Aviation LLC SPORTSMAN GS-2, Pinedale, WY, August 8, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2011, 11:30 local time
- Place: Pinedale, WY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7917° N, 109.8147° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7917&lon=-109.8147&mi=10
- Aircraft: N117CE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N117CE-2017-06-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Glasair SPORTSMAN GS-2 (registry code 056290V, https://openairdocs.org/model/glasair-sportsman-gs-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-M1A+ (registry code 41869, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-m1a-plus) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GLASAIR AVIATION LLC SPORTSMAN GS-2
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-MIA+
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,213 total, 920 in this make and model, 53 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR11LA389](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11LA389) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110808018059A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE WAS DEMONSTRATING A LANDING IN THE MOWED HAY FIELD, WHICH HAD A SLIGHT SLOPED FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. HE STATED THAT HIS LANDING WAS NORMAL AT FIRST, AS THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED AND THE TAIL WHEEL CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE GROUND,THE AIRCRAFT STARTED VEERING SHARPLY LEFT.  PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ APPLIED FULL RIGHT RUDDER, AND FOLLOWED BY APPLING FULL RIGHT  BRAKE.  PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INDICATED THAT HE COULD HEAR RIGHT WHEEL SCRUBBING THE SURFACE, BUT IT WAS NOT ENOUGH FRICTION TO STOP THE GROUND LOOP TO THE LEFT.  PILOT INDICATE WHEN HE WAS SLIDING SIDEWAYS AND ALMOST COMING TO A STOP THE RIGHT AXLE BROKE OFF AND THE RIGHT WING TIP HIT THE GROUND AS WELL AS THE RIGHT TIP OF THE STABILIZER AND ELEVATOR. PILOT STATED AFTER EXITING THE AIRCRAFT HE NOTICE A 3-5 KNOT WIND BLOWING FROM THE LEFT OF HIS LANDING DIRECTION. AIRCRAFT WAS TRUCKED  BACK TO ARLINGTON, WASHINGTON.

## 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 WPR11LA389](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11LA389), Aug 8, 2011: Glasair Sportsman (N117CE), Pinedale, WY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.

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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