# Accident 20110903019789A: Sherman Craig W GLASAIR III, Kanab, UT, September 3, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 2011, 13:00 local time
- Place: Kanab, UT
- Airport: Kanab, Ut
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.0064° N, 112.5253° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0064&lon=-112.5253&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N17S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sherman Craig W GLASAIR III (registry code 056056N, https://openairdocs.org/model/sherman-craig-w-glasair-iii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SHERMAN CRAIG W GLASAIR III
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,222 total, 177 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR11CA433](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11CA433) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110903019789A

## Narrative

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

ON APPROACH TO KANAB, RUNWAY ONE, WHEN THE PILOT TOUCHED DOWN HE NOTICED A VIBRATION AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT. THE AIRCRAFT LEFT THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO A STOP IN THE SAGE BRUSH. THE LANDING GEAR WAS DAMAGED AND THE RIGHT WING AND AILERON WERE ALSO DAMAGED.

## 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 WPR11CA433](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11CA433), Sep 3, 2011: Sherman Craig W Glasair III (N17S), Kanab, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, as a result of a flat left main landing gear tire.

## Other reports on N17S (2)

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

- [Incident 20040616011679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040616011679I), Jun 16, 2004: Amtr GLASAIRIII (N17S), Fallbrook, CA, Minor damage. (-23) Acft on VFR enroute from shafter-minter field (mit) to palomar airport (crq). On descent to crq at approximately 1900 ft. aircraft was traveling at…
- [Incident 19980421009839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980421009839I), Apr 21, 1998: Amtr GLASAIRIII (N17S), Carlsbad, CA, Minor damage. Narrative: on April 21, 1998, Mr. Craig w. williams, pilot in command of glassair hombuilt N17S, departed crq on a repositioning flight. Following take off the…

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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