- Date
- February 8, 1984, 10:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Chico, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N464EDShuey Glassaire
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840208003129A
- Case key
- 24164
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft groundlooped during landing and ran off the rwy. The landing gear collapsed and ruptured the wing tanks. The plt stated that he thought the fuel shifted in his'homebuilt'as he tried to do a 3 point landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N464ED
- Reported as
- Shuey Glassaire
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 464
- Airframe hours
- 20
- Engine
- Unknown UNKNOWN, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Edward Grant Shuey
- Departed
- CIC
- Airport
- Chico Muni, runway 13, 2,000 × 100 ft
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 69
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 1,331 total · 20 in this make and model · 21 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 130° at 10 knots, gusting 13
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.