- Date
- September 29, 1984, 14:20 local (21:20 UTC)
- Place
- Aurora, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N108DRGarre Leo J Glasair
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840929052399A
- Case key
- 40016
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Hard landing
Lowering of flaps - not performed
Proper descent rate - not maintainedCause
Recovery from bounced landing - improperCause
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertent
Analysis
Plt was attempting a no flap landing. The acft developed a high rate of sink, struck the rwy and bounced. The acft ground looped and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N108DR
- Reported as
- Garre Leo J Glasair
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 108
- Airframe hours
- 2
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Leo J. Garre
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- 3S2 · Aurora, OR
- Destination
- 3S2 · Aurora, OR
- Airport
- 3S2 · Aurora, runway 35, 4,400 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,527 total · 60 in this make and model · 1,448 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- 3S2
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.