N505YR is a 1995 Supalla Raymond J GLASAIR IIS-FT. It is a fixed-wing single-engine aircraft with 2 seats, powered by a Lycoming 0-320 series rated at 180 horsepower. The registration is active, with the registrant based in Blackfoot, ID. Its experimental airworthiness certificate was issued in Jul 1995. It has been registered to its current owner since Mar 2019. This page also carries 1 NTSB event.
- 31 years old
2019
1995
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The pilot-rated owner reported that, after purchasing the airplane and receiving initial training the day before and the morning of the accident, he and a pilot rated friend departed for a cross-country flight to their home airport. He added that after nearly 9 hours of being in the airplane for the day, the pilot rated friend, who was manipulating the flight controls offered to land at the destination airport because he had landed there before. The horizon was becoming dark and they attempted to adjust the panel lights for the instruments, but discovered that the lights did not function, so the owner used a flashlight to illuminate the instruments for the landing.
During the landing, the nose landing gear contacted the ground first and the airplane porpoised. With each bounce becoming more severe, the pilot initiated a go around, but to no avail. The owner added that, on about the third bounce, the airplane exited the runway to the left and came to rest nosed down.
The airplane sustained substantial damage to the engine mount and fuselage.
The owner reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
The automated weather observation system at the accident airport reported that, about the time of the accident, the wind was from 270° at 11 knots. The pilot landed on runway 30.
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