# Mcewen Dick GLASAIR III - Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry) - Registry code: 056559M - Manufacturer (registry): MCEWEN DICK - Model: GLASAIR III - Aircraft type: Fixed wing single engine - Category: Airplane - Engines: 1 · Reciprocating - Seats: 2 - Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb - Certification: Not type certificated - Registered aircraft: 0 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/model/mcewen-dick-glasair-iii Model codes come from the FAA registry's reference file. ADs are matched to them by model name and maker. ## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs) Matched to this model by model name and maker. Each AD's applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment. None matched. ## Registered aircraft None registered with this model now. ## NTSB investigations (2) 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 LAX92LA235](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX92LA235), May 10, 1992: Mcquen Glassair III (N115DM), Casa Grande, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: FUEL STARVATION DUE TO THE PILOT'S MISREADING OF A NEWLY INSTALLED FUEL SELECTOR PANEL WITH PLACARDS AND A POSITION POINTER WHICH WERE CONFUSING. FACTORS IN THE ACCIDENT WERE THE CONFUSING NATURE OF… - [NTSB LAX92LA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX92LA176), Apr 10, 1992: Mcewen Dick Glasair III (N115DM), Casa Grande, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: A FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO SELECT THE PROPER FUEL TANK AND SUBSEQUENT FUEL STARVATION. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS AN INADEQUATE DESIGN BY THE MANUFACTURER THAT PERMITTED THE FUEL SELECTOR TO BE… ## FAA accident and incident reports (1) 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. - [Accident 19920410010079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920410010079A), Apr 10, 1992: Amtr GLASAIR (N115DM), Casa Grande, AZ, Substantial damage. Engine quit. Struck tree avoiding a bus while landing on a road. Selected emergency header fuel tank by mistake. ## Service difficulty reports (8) As reported by operators and repair stations, by the model named in the report. - [SDR ASWFSDO15OKC](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASWFSDO15OKC), Feb 7, 2006: ACTUATOR. WORN. THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING ROLLOUT AFTER LANDING A HOME BUILT GLASAIR III HE APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE PILOT SAID THE LANDING GEAR P - [SDR 2004FA0000517](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2004FA0000517), May 26, 2004: BRACE. INOPERATIVE. IN FLIGHT, AC LOST HYDR PRESSURE FOR UNRELATED CAUSE. HYDR PRESSURE NORMALLY ASSISTS L/G TO REMAIN IN DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION. ON LANDING, AC TOUCHED DOWN NORM - [SDR 2003FA0000622](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2003FA0000622), Mar 9, 2003: ACTUATOR. SEPARATED. ACTUATOR PISTON SEPARATED AT THE ROD END BEARING THREADED AREA. MFG SB NR 109 DATED 1-1092 RECOMMENDED INSTALLATION OF A THREADED REINFORCEMENT BARREL (PN 523-5 - [SDR 98ZZZX1108](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98ZZZX1108), Feb 17, 1998: FITTING. LOOSE. PILOT REPORTED UNSAFE NOSE LANDING GEAR UPON FINAL APPROACH. UPON TOUCHDOWN, NLG COLLAPSED. INVEST REVEALED A LOOSE HYD FITTING UNDER THE FLOOR PANEL HAD LEAKED - [SDR 97ZZZX5135](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97ZZZX5135), Nov 16, 1997: SWITCH. STUCK. RUDDER TRIM ROCKER SWITCH STUCK IN LEFT POSITION CAUSING FULL LEFT RUDDER TRIM DURING TAKEOFF ROLL. TAKEOFF ABORTED. AFTER MAXIMUM APPLICATION OF BRAKES, BRAKE - [SDR 97ZZZX2821](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97ZZZX2821), May 1, 1997: LANDING GEAR. MALFUNCTION. PILOT REPORTED LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT AFTER HE DEPARTED AIRPORT EN ROUTE TO TORRANCE AIRPORT, CA. HE STATED HE HAD THREE GREEN LIGHTS DURING THE FLIGHT - [SDR 96ZZZX5135](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96ZZZX5135), Sep 24, 1996: RUDDER. CONCAVE. AT APPROXIMATELY 120 MPH, THE RUDDER WOULD 'WALK' BECOMING MORE VIOLENT AS THE SPEED INCREASED. AN INSPECTION OF THE RUDDER FOUND THE RUDDER SKIN WAS SLIGHTLY C - [SDR 95ZZZX3953](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95ZZZX3953), Jul 10, 1995: STOP-BOLT. SHEARED. A DIRT PILE ON 45 DEGREE ANGLE ON RUNWAY CAUSED NOSE WHEEL TO DEFLECT AND START SHIMMY. SEVERE SHIMMY CAUSED SHEARING OF AN-3 STOP-BOLT RESULTING IN WHEEL TURNI ## The same model under other registry codes Amateur-built copies and renamed makers get their own codes. - [Hoelting Ron GLASAIR III](https://openairdocs.org/model/hoelting-ron-glasair-iii): 2 registered aircraft, registry code 05624DD - [Kirk Robert GLASAIR III](https://openairdocs.org/model/kirk-robert-glasair-iii): 2 registered aircraft, registry code 05691EF - [Beck Charles GLASAIR III](https://openairdocs.org/model/beck-charles-glasair-iii): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05602CW - [Corkins W J/Corkins K A GLASAIR III](https://openairdocs.org/model/corkins-w-j-corkins-k-a-glasair-iii): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05602IX - [Kazee Homer GLASAIR III](https://openairdocs.org/model/kazee-homer-glasair-iii): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 056036E - [Ciernia James R GLASAIR III](https://openairdocs.org/model/ciernia-james-r-glasair-iii): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 056038E - [Steele Dennis A GLASAIR III](https://openairdocs.org/model/steele-dennis-a-glasair-iii): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 056039G - [Hankins Jimmy G GLASAIR III](https://openairdocs.org/model/hankins-jimmy-g-glasair-iii): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05603AB - [Bauereis Ellis G GLASAIR III (SH-3R)](https://openairdocs.org/model/bauereis-ellis-g-glasair-iii-sh-3r): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05603KA - [Sherman Craig W GLASAIR III](https://openairdocs.org/model/sherman-craig-w-glasair-iii): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 056056N - [Cross David L GLASAIR III](https://openairdocs.org/model/cross-david-l-glasair-iii): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05605DY - [Luker Victor R JR GLASAIR III](https://openairdocs.org/model/luker-victor-r-jr-glasair-iii): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05605E0 --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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