Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Cuyahoga County Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Highland Heights, Ohio 44113
Friday, September 5, 2014 15:40 EDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
On September 5, 2014, about 1550 eastern daylight time, a Gallager Glasair I TD, N4PX, was substantially damaged while landing at Cuyahoga County Airport (KCGF), Highland Heights, Ohio. The pilot, the sole occupant on board, was not injured. The airplane had a pending registration and was being operated by the pilot under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident, and no flight plan had been filed. The cross-country flight originated from Danbury Municipal Airport (KDXR), Danbury, Connecticut, about 1311, and was en route to KCGF before continuing on to Farmington Hills, Michigan.
According to the pilot's accident report, the airplane landed hard on runway 24, bounced, touched down and bounced again, then veered left off the runway and ground looped. He reported no mechanical malfunctions with the airplane prior to or during the accident. According to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspectors, there was extensive damage to the composite fuselage and wings. The pilot reported the landing gear, wheels, wingtips, and propeller blades to be damaged, along with dented skin and small punctured holes in the skin.
The pilot reported he had accrued 396 total flight hours, of which 3 hours were in the airplane make and model.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 9/5/2014 |
| Event Day of the Week | Friday |
| Time of Event | 1540 |
| Event Time Zone | Eastern Daylight Time |
| Event City | Highland Heights |
| Event State | OHIO |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 44113 |
| Event Date Year | 2014 |
| Event Date Month | 9 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 413354N |
| Event Location Longitude | 0812911W |
| Event Location Airport | Cuyahoga County |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | KCGF |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | 879 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1610 Eastern Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | -- |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | KCGF |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 879 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 0 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | EDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 4000 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 3000 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Scattered |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Broken |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 33 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 24 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 210 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | -- |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 10 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | KCGF 052010Z 21010KT 10SM SCT030 BKN040 33/24 A300 |
| Event Highest Injury | None |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 1 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | -- |
| NTSB Notification Source | FAA ADL ROC |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | -- |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Oct 11 2014 2:31PM |
| User who most recently changed record | scoa |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N4PX |
| NTSB Number | CEN14LA489 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | No |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | GALLAGER JOHN C |
| Aircraft Model | GLASAIR |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | I TD |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 188 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 2200 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | 2 |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 2 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | 100 Hour |
| Date of Last Inspection | Mar 12 2014 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- |
| Airframe Hours | -- |
| ELT Installed | Unknown |
| ELT Activated | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | Arthur A. Green III |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | -- |
| Aircraft Owner City | Farmington Hills |
| Aircraft Owner State | MI |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 48335 |
| Operator is an individual? | No |
| Operator Name | Arthur A. Green III |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | -- |
| Operator City | Farmington Hills |
| Operator State | MI |
| Operator Country | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 48335 |
| Operator Code | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | -- |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Personal |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | KDXR |
| Departure City | Danbury |
| Departure State | CT |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 1320 |
| Departure Time Zone | EDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | KCGF |
| Destination City | HighlandHeights |
| Destination State | OH |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | -- |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Oct 11 2014 2:40PM |
| User who most recently changed record | scoa |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 24 |
| Runway Length | 5102 |
| Runway Width | 100 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |