Rittal GLASTAR N55XP

Summary

On 8 October 2007 at about 03:00 local time, a Rittal GLASTAR registered N55XP was involved in an accident near Girdwood, Alaska, United States. One person was 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

8 October 2007 at 03:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Girdwood, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Rittal GLASTAR

Registration

N55XP

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lake Hood Strip → Girdwood

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC08CA001

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's excessive use of the brakes during the landing roll, which resulted in a nose over.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The solo private certificated pilot was practicing off airport landings in a tailwheel-equipped airplane under Title 14, CFR Part 91, when the accident occurred. The pilot reported that he was landing on a hard-packed, grassy strip, and applied the brakes too hard at the end of the landing roll. He said the airplane nosed over, damaging the vertical stabilizer, rudder, and one lift-strut. The pilot reported that he had landed on the strip on previous occasions, and that there were no known mechanical anomalies with the airplane prior to the accident.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.