# Incident 20140503010969I: Glazier Patrick R SONEX, Greenville, SC, May 3, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 2014, 19:33 local time
- Place: Greenville, SC
- Airport: Greenville Downtown
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8479° N, 82.3500° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GREENVILLE DOWNTOWN (GMU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8479&lon=-82.3500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N390SG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N390SG-2019-11-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Glazier Patrick R SONEX (registry code 0562875, https://openairdocs.org/model/glazier-patrick-r-sonex) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GLAZIER PATRICK R SONEX
- Reported engine: REVMASTER R2200
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,574 total, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140503010969I

## Narrative

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

AFTER TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 19 AT GMU THE ENGINE STARTED INDICATING A HOT CYLINDER. THE POWER WAS REDUCED AND LEFT TURN WAS STARTED TOWARD RUNWAY 28 AT GMU. DUE TO THE LOW POWER SETTING THE APPROACH WAS LOWER THAN NORMAL IN THE ABBREVIATED PATTERN THEY WERE FLYING. THE PILOT (FLYING) AT THE TIME (^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^)  WAS GETTING A BIENNIAL FLIGHT REVIEW, AND WAS UNFAMILIAR WITH THE AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN TOO CLOSE AND THE PILOT (FLYING) COULD NOT FIND THE RUNWAY WHILE LOOKING INTO THE SETTING SUN. AT THIS TIME THE INSTRUCTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND TURNED LEFT TO GET  BACK TO THE RUNWAY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THEN MADE AN IMMEDIATE RIGHT TURN TO LINE UP WITH THE RUNWAY. THEY WERE LOW ENOUGH COMING OUT OF THE RIGHT TURN THAT THEY HAD ALREADY STARTED TO FLARE. THEY LANDED HARD WITH SIGNIFICANT DRIFT TO THE LEFT BUT WERE SUCCESSFUL AT GAINING DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON ROLL OUT. BEGAN BRAKING AND THE AIRCRAFT STARTED A GENTLE LEFT TURN. FULL RUDDER WOULD NOT STOP THE TURN AND IT GOT SHARPER. THE AIRCRAFT EXISTED THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT BUT SKID SLIDING TO TO THE RIGHT. THE ONLY DAMAGE IS TO THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR GEAR LOWER STRUT TO AXLE ATTACH POINT.

THE SONEX ONLY HAS A SINGLE BRAKE HANDLE THAT APPLIES PRESSURE TO BOTH BRAKES, SO YOU COULD NOT USE DIFFERENTIAL BRAKING.

## Other reports on N390SG (1)

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

- [Incident 20170703013829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170703013829I), Jul 3, 2017: Glazier Patrick R SONEX (N390SG), Eldon, MO, Minor damage. During cruise flight, the aircraft experienced complete electrical system failure. As a result, the avionics system and the engine failed. The pilot performed…

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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