# Incident 20240514005339I: Elliott William C GLASAIR SH-3R, Grand Junction, CO, May 14, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 2024, 06:55 local time
- Place: Grand Junction, CO
- Airport: Grand Junction Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1215° N, 108.5255° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GRAND JUNCTION RGNL (GJT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1215&lon=-108.5255&mi=10
- Aircraft: N500WE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N500WE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Elliott William C GLASAIR SH-3R (registry code 05691DK, https://openairdocs.org/model/elliott-william-c-glasair-sh-3r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ELLIOTT WILLIAM C GLASAIR SH-3R
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,303 total, 1,300 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240514005339I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RY 11 SE BOUND. PILOT REPORTED NEEDING TO RETURN "EMERGENTLY". AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED TO LAND RY 11. PILOT STATED HE MAY NEED TO LAND ON RY 22. AIRCRAFT LANDED IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF  RY 22 ON RY 04. UPON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO BOUNCE CAUSING A PARTIAL GEAR COLLAPSE. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE LEFT EDGE OF RY 04. PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS UNINJURED AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT.

DURING INTERVIEW WITH THE PILOT, HE STATED "I THOUGHT I HAD MOVED THE FUEL SELECTOR SWITCH TO THE MAIN TANK DURING PREFLIGHT. BUT AFTER I LANDED I NOTICED THAT I HAD LEFT THE FUEL SELECTOR SWITCH ON THE HEAD TANK WHICH PROPBALY ONLY HAD A GALLON OF FUEL IN IT". PILOT ALSO STATED THAT HE "DID NOT FINISH THE EMERGANCY CHECK LIST AND HE WAS LATE TO GET THE GEAR FULLY DOWN AND LOCKED".

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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