# Accident 20220906016519A: Conway Philip J GLASAIR SUPER II SFT, Bay City, WI, September 6, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 2022, 13:06 local time
- Place: Bay City, WI
- Airport: Red Wing Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.5911° N, 92.5008° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.5911&lon=-92.5008&mi=10
- Aircraft: N11HC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N11HC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Conway Philip J GLASAIR SUPER II SFT (registry code 05629P9, https://openairdocs.org/model/conway-philip-j-glasair-super-ii-sft) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-B1E (registry code 41860, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-b1e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CONWAY PHILIP J GLASAIR SUPER II SFT
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 827 total, 2 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA22FA399](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22FA399) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220906016519A

## Narrative

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

CFI HAD PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED TWO HOURS OF DUAL IN THIS AIRCRAFT (TOTAL) FROM ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WITH THE INTENT OF CHECKING OUT THE STUDENT PILOT. SEPTEMBER 6, 2022 AT 1:24 P.M. CDT: ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, VFR, DEPARTED THE ROCHESTER (RST) AIRPORT, MN, FLYING TO THE RED WING (RGK) AIRPORT, WI FOR DUAL FLIGHT TRAINING TO FAMILIARIZE THE STUDENT WITH THIS AIRCRAFT. FLIGHT TRACK SHOW THE AIRCRAFT DOING AIR WORK AROUND THE RED WING AREA AND EVENTUALLY DOING SEVERAL LEFT-HAND TRAFFIC PATTERNS TO TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS AT RED WING. INFORMATION FROM THE ON-BOARD GARMIN DATA CARD AND FLIGHT TRACKING SHOWED A TIGHTER, SLOWER APPROACH PATTERN THAN PREVIOUS ONES ON THE LAST APPROACHES. AIRCRAFT CRASHED NEAR THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 9. AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE, LOCATION AND GROUND MARKINGS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THOSE OF A STALL SPIN GROUND IMPACT.

## 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 ERA22FA399](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22FA399), Sep 6, 2022: Conway Philip J Glasair Super II SFT (N11HC), Bay City, WI, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The continuation of a poorly-flown, unstabilized approach and the flight instructor’s failure to direct a discontinuance of that approach, resulting in a collision with terrain during turn to final.

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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