# NTSB ANC01LA126: Freeman Glastar, N677DT, Glennallen, AK, August 19, 2001 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: August 18, 2001, 16:00 local (Aug 19, 2001, 00:00 UTC) - Place: Glennallen, AK - Coordinates: 62.357498, -144.030273 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.3575&lon=-144.0303&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report July 25, 2002 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 54924 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC01LA126 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/54924/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01LA126 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to abort the landing. Factors associated with the accident were the pilot's selection of an unsuitable landing area, and his failure to attain a proper touchdown point. An additional factor was a tailwind. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Overrun, landing - roll - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor) - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command (contributing factor) - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (contributing factor) - aborted landing - not performed, pilot in command (cause) - Nose over, landing - roll ## Analysis The certificated commercial pilot, with one passenger aboard, was landing on a 675 feet long off airport site, in an experimental, homebuilt airplane. Due to obstructions at the south end of the site, the pilot landed to the south, and downwind. As the airplane's main wheels touched down on the rough gravel surface, the airplane bounced. The pilot recovered from the bounce, and flew further down the runway and landed about midfield on the site. During the landing roll, while applying heavy braking, the airplane went off the end of the site, and nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the vertical stabilizer and rudder. ## Factual narrative On August 18, 2001, about 1600 Alaska daylight time, a wheel-equipped Freeman Glastar, an experimental, homebuilt airplane, N677DT, sustained substantial damage during landing at an off airport site, about 22 miles northwest of Glennallen, Alaska. The certificated commercial pilot, and the one passenger, were not injured. The airplane was being operated as a visual flight rules (VFR) personal flight under Title 14, CFR Part 91, when the accident occurred. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and a VFR flight plan was filed. The flight originated about 1545, from the Gulkana Airport, Gulkana, Alaska. During a telephone conversation with the National Transportation Safety Board investigator-in-charge on August 29, the pilot reported that he was landing to the south on a 675 feet long, uphill site. He added that due to obstructions at the south end of the site, he had to land to the south, and downwind. He said that as the airplane's main wheels touched down on the rough gravel surface, the airplane bounced. He recovered from the bounce, and flew further down the runway and landed about midfield on the site. He said that during the landing roll, while applying heavy braking, the airplane went off the end of the site, and nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the vertical stabilizer and rudder. The pilot said that there were no preaccident mechanical anomalies with the airplane. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N677DT](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N677DT), registered now, S/N 1, built 1999 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Freeman Glastar - Registry model: [Freeman Matthew D GLASTAR](https://openairdocs.org/model/freeman-matthew-d-glastar) (registry code 056060R) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming O-320-D2J](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-320-d2j) (registry code 41595, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane, amateur-built - Serial number: 1 - Airframe hours: 333.5 - Engines: Lycoming O-320-D2J 160 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Matthew D. Freeman - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special) - Departed: GUK, Gulkana, AK - Destination: TKJ, Tok, AK - Flight plan: VFR - Airport: Chelle Lake Airstrip, runway 18, 675 × 12 ft, gravel ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 44; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, expired; last flight review May 30, 2001; seat: left; flight hours: 1,708 total, 327 in this make and model, 1,628 as pilot in command, 115 in the last 90 days, 17 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 360° at 3 knots, gusting 10 - Visibility: 50 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 1,500 ft overcast - Temperature: 61 °F ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20010819039889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010819039889A), Aug 19, 2001: Amtr GLASTAR, Gulkana, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot attempted landing at chelle lake airstrip, 17 NM nw of Gulkana, AK. On first pass Mr. Freeman made a low approach to check runway conditions which… From the NTSB's public API. 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