Freeman GLASTAR N677DT

Summary

On 19 August 2001 at about 00:00 local time, a Freeman GLASTAR registered N677DT was involved in an accident near Glennallen, Alaska, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

19 August 2001 at 00:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Glennallen, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Chelle Lake Airstrip

Coordinates

62.3575, -144.0303

Aircraft

Freeman GLASTAR

Registration

N677DT

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Gulkana → Tok

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC01LA126

Nobody was injured.

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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.