# Accident 20250828015669A: Vince Mathews GLASTAR, Hearne, TX, August 28, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 2025, 18:00 local time
- Place: Hearne, TX
- Airport: Hearne Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.8721° N, 96.6222° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.8721&lon=-96.6222&mi=10
- Aircraft: N605MN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N605MN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Vince Mathews GLASTAR (registry code 05608HI, https://openairdocs.org/model/vince-mathews-glastar) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-320-E2D (registry code 42123, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-320-e2d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: VINCE MATHEWS GLASTAR
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-320-E2D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 13,500 total, 165 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25LA352](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA352) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250828015669A

## Narrative

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

08/28/2025, APPROX 1700 - PREFLIGHT AIRCRAFT, FUEL CHECK FULL, OIL CHECK 6 1/4 QTS. STARTED AIRCRAFT WARMED UP AND TAXIED TO RUNWAY.  PRIVATE GRASS STRIP 2251 CR 353 GAUSE TX 77857.  MAG AND ELECTRONIC IGN CHK, GOOD, ENGINE GAUGES IN GREEN, TOOK OFF FLEW AROUND FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES. HEADED TO LHB AIRPORT.  RADIO CALLS FOR TRAFFIC ON DOWN WIND ,ABOUT MID FIELD MADE ANOTHER RADIO CALL THEN HEARD CRACKING SOUND IN RADIO. BOTH DYNON SCREENS WENT OUT, ENGINE STUMBLED THEM CAME BACK THEN WENT DEAD. I THEN CUT FUEL TO OFF, TURNED MASTER OFF AND DID A 180 TO LAND ON RUNWAY 18. ON FLARE, OUTSIDE SMOKE ENTERED COCKPIT, I LOOKED OUT SIDE WINDOWS AND COMPLETED THE LANDING AND STOPPED CENTERLINE OF RUNWAY. FLAMES STARTED SHOOTING UP RIGHT SIDE OF AIRCRAFT.  EXITED AND A FRIEND AT AIRPORT HEARD ME CALLING HIM TO BRING A FIRE EXTINGUISHER, STARTED PUTTING OUT FIRE AND CALLED 911 FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT.  WENT AND GOT A SECOND FIRE EXTINGUISHER TO COMPLETELY PUT OUT FIRE.  MOVED AIRCRAFT OFF RUNWAY AFTER FIRE DEPARTMENT WATERED IT DOWN.  REMOVED TOP COWLING, UNHOOKED BATTERY AND DRAINED FUEL FROM AIRCRAFT.  THEN CALLED NTSB.

## 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 CEN25LA352](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA352), Aug 28, 2025: Glasair GlaStar (N605MN), Hearne, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The inflight engine compartment fire for reasons that could not be determined.

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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