# NTSB CEN09CA199: Roach Neil Glasair SU, N47NR, Tulsa, OK, March 9, 2009 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: March 9, 2009, 11:47 local (17:47 UTC) - Place: Tulsa, OK - Coordinates: 36.036945, -95.983886 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0369&lon=-95.9839&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report May 12, 2009 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: FAA/FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 73467 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN09CA199 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/73467/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA199 ## Probable cause The pilot's improper flare, and the flight instructor's delayed remedial action. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Action: delayed action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Instructor/check pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Roach Neil GLASAIR SUPER IIS-FT, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025/cases.md?model=056051Y), [All aircraft, 894 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: landing flare](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Roach Neil GLASAIR SUPER IIS-FT, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md?model=056051Y), [All aircraft, 1,285 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Roach Neil GLASAIR SUPER IIS-FT, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=056051Y), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) (defining event); cases with it: [Roach Neil GLASAIR SUPER IIS-FT, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md?model=056051Y), [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md) - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Roach Neil GLASAIR SUPER IIS-FT, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=056051Y), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) ## Analysis The airline transport pilot had not flown since 2001 and had recently purchased the airplane. He hired the certified flight instructor to provide instruction in his new airplane and to also prepare him for a flight review. The pilot said that he flew well and the flight was uneventful until his first landing attempt. He said he flared too soon, which caused the airspeed to dissipate. The instructor told him to add power, but the rate of descent was too great and the airplane landed hard on the left side of the runway and slid into an area of dry grass. A post-impact fire consumed the airplane. The pilot reported no mechanical deficiencies with the airplane or engine prior to the accident. ## Factual narrative The airline transport pilot had not flown since 2001 and had recently purchased the airplane. He hired the certified flight instructor to provide instruction in his new airplane and to also prepare him for a flight review. The pilot said that he flew well and the flight was uneventful until his first landing attempt. He said he flared too soon, which caused the airspeed to dissipate. The instructor told him to add power, but the rate of descent was too great and the airplane landed hard on the left side of the runway and slid into an area of dry grass. A post-impact fire consumed the airplane. The pilot reported no mechanical deficiencies with the airplane or engine prior to the accident. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N47NR](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N47NR-2018-01-24), registration cancelled 2018-01-24, S/N 2282, built 1998 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: ROACH NEIL GLASAIR SU - Registry model: [Roach Neil GLASAIR SUPER IIS-FT](https://openairdocs.org/model/roach-neil-glasair-super-iis-ft) (registry code 056051Y) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming I0360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (registry code 41515, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane, amateur-built - Serial number: 2282 - Airframe hours: 1694 - Engines: LYCOMING IO-360 SER 180 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Fire: On-Ground - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: White Buffalo Environmental, Inc - Registered owner: White Buffalo Environmental, Inc - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special) - Last inspection: Condition, September 5, 2008 - Departed: RVS, Tulsa, OK - Destination: RVS, Tulsa, OK - Airport: RVS, Richard Lloyd Jones Jr Airport, runway 19R, 5,102 × 100 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Flight instructor; age 68; injuries: none; commercial, private, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; last flight review August 19, 2008; seat: right; flight hours: 14,123 total, 15 in this make and model - Pilot; age 50; injuries: none; commercial, airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; last flight review May 23, 2001; seat: left; flight hours: 1,948 total, 10 in this make and model ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 190° at 10 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 12,000 ft overcast - Temperature: 61 °F - Altimeter: 29.89 inHg - Observed at: RVS ## 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 20090309002329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090309002329A), Mar 9, 2009: Roach GLASAIRIISFT, Tulsa, OK, Destroyed. On 03/09/09, second pilot/owner of a 1998 glassair siis-ft N47NR stated that it was his first flight in the aircraft and his first flight since 2001 so he… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.