# Incident 20181205023209I: Huntington Dennis GLASAIR III, Hoquiam, WA, December 5, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 5, 2018, 12:00 local time
- Place: Hoquiam, WA
- Airport: Bowerman Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.9712° N, 123.9366° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOWERMAN FLD (HQM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.9712&lon=-123.9366&mi=10
- Aircraft: N148DH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N148DH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Huntington Dennis GLASAIR III (registry code 05625UR, https://openairdocs.org/model/huntington-dennis-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: HUNTINGTON DENNIS GLASAIR III
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 350 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181205023209I

## Narrative

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

THIS NARRATIVE IS BASED ON MY INTERVIEWS WITH THE PILOT, PASSENGER AND MECHANIC, AND MY REVIEW OF THE PICTURES OF THE AIRCRAFT AFTER THE INCIDENT.  THE GLASAIR III, WITH THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD WERE TAKING OFF FROM RUNWAY 06 AT HOQUIAM (HQM) FOR A FLIGHT TO CHEHALIS-CENTRALIA AIRPORT (CLS).  AS THE AIRCRAFT ACCELERATED DOWN THE RUNWAY IT LIFTED OFF, THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED AND THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED BACK ONTO THE RUNWAY; IT SKIDDED OFF THE RUNWAY, COMING TO REST JUST OFF THE RUNWAY.  NO ONE IN THE AIRCRAFT OR ON THE GROUND WAS INJURED.  ONCE THE AIRCRAFT WAS RECOVERED THE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED AND LOCKED DOWN NORMALLY USING THE ON-BOARD ELECTO-HYDRAULIC PUMP.  BASED ON THE EVIDENCE GATHERED IT APPEARS THAT THE LANDING GEAR SWITCH WAS SELECTED ?UP? BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT WAS READY TO FLY OUT OF GROUND EFFECT AND ONCE THE WEIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT CAME OFF THE LANDING GEAR SQUAT SWITCH THE GEAR RETRACTED AND THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED BACK ONTO THE RUNWAY ON ITS BELLY.

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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