# NTSB LAX03LA155: Monaghan Glasair, N271RP, Hayward, CA, May 18, 2003 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: May 18, 2003, 12:55 local (19:55 UTC) - Place: Hayward, CA - Coordinates: 37.619308, -122.110786 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6193&lon=-122.1108&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report December 28, 2004 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 57017 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX03LA155 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/57017/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA155 ## Probable cause the pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing and his failure to maintain directional control, resulting in a ground loop. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll - recovery from bounced landing - inadequate, pilot in command (cause) - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - ground loop/swerve - encountered - On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll - terrain condition - ground ## Analysis The airplane ground looped on landing. The pilot said the airplane bounced, he lost directional control, and the airplane departed the runway to the left. Just as the airplane bounced into the air, a gust of wind made the airplane weather vane to the left. Before the pilot could correct, the airplane touched down and ground looped off the runway. The pilot reported there were no discrepancies with the airplane prior to the accident. ## Factual narrative On May 18, 2003, about 1255 Pacific daylight time, an experimental owner built Monaghan Glasair, N271RP, ground looped while landing at Hayward Executive Airport (HWD), Hayward, California. The builder/owner/pilot was operating the airplane under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91. The private pilot and one pilot rated passenger were not injured; the airplane sustained substantial damage. The personal cross-country flight departed Halfmoon Bay, California, about 1230 en route to Hayward, California. Day visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed. The primary wreckage was at 37 degrees 39.56 minutes north latitude and 122 degrees 07.35 minutes west longitude. The pilot stated that he had tried to land at HWD on runway 28L but had executed a go-around. On his second approach to runway 28L, the airplane bounced, he lost directional control, and the airplane departed the runway to the left. He reported that just as the airplane bounced into the air, a gust of wind made the airplane weather vane to the left. Before he could correct, the airplane touched down and ground looped. The airplane departed the runway and came to rest in the grass area between runways 28R and 28L. The weather observation at HWD was reported at 1254 PDT as wind from 280 degrees at 10 knots. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N271RP](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N271RP-2007-01-08), registration cancelled 2007-01-08, S/N 271, built 2000 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Monaghan Glasair - Registry model: [Monaghan R/Monaghan P MONAGHAN GLASAIR](https://openairdocs.org/model/monaghan-r-monaghan-p-monaghan-glasair) (registry code 05602JL) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (registry code 41509, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane, amateur-built - Serial number: 271 - Airframe hours: 232 - Engines: Lycoming IO-320 160 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Robert E. Monaghan/ Patrick J. Monaghan - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special) - Last inspection: Annual, August 23, 2003, 32 hours before - Departed: KHAF, Halfmoon Bay, CA - Destination: KHWD, Hayward, CA - Airport: HWD, Hayward Air Terminal, runway 28L, 5,024 × 150 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 45; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; last flight review December 5, 2002; seat: left; flight hours: 500 total, 180 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days - Co-pilot; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: right ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 280° at 10 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 41 °F - Altimeter: 30.10 inHg - Observed at: HWD ## 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 20030518010479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030518010479A), May 18, 2003: Amtr GLASAIR, Hayward, CA, Destroyed. (-23) Upon touchdown pilot lost control and ground looped off the runway 28L, causing substantial damage to the aircraft. No injuries to the pilot or passenger. 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.