# Accident 20170715024539A: Endler Alfred F GLASAIR SH2, Colorado Spring, CO, July 15, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 2017, 12:45 local time
- Place: Colorado Spring, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9458° N, 104.5700° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9458&lon=-104.5700&mi=10
- Aircraft: N181AL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N181AL-2020-10-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Endler Alfred F GLASAIR SH2 (registry code 056555Y, https://openairdocs.org/model/endler-alfred-f-glasair-sh2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ENDLER ALFRED F GLASAIR SH2
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 20 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN17LA274](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA274) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170715024539A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY15,2017 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ATTEMPTED TO TAKEOFF AT MEADOW LAKE AIRPORT IN A GLASSAIR II, N181AL. DURING THE TAKEOFF ATTEMPT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT .  THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY, TRAVEL THROUGH THE GRASS, CROSSED A SMALL DITCH AND STOPPED AT TAXIWAY A AND A4 WHERE IT CAUGHT ON FIRE AND BURNED.  BOTH THE PILOT AND PASSENGER EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES.

## 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 CEN17LA274](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA274), Jul 15, 2017: Endler Glasair/Glasair 1-Td SH2 (N181AL), Colorado Springs, CO, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to lock the castering tailwheel in accordance with the airplane Owner's Manual and a checklist item and to abort the takeoff after the airplane exceeded its normal takeoff…

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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