Barber GLASAIR N3885J

Summary

On 28 December 2002 at about 19:30 local time, a Barber GLASAIR registered N3885J was involved in an accident near Conroe, Texas, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

28 December 2002 at 19:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Conroe, Texas, United States

Coordinates

30.3167, -95.3336

Aircraft

Barber GLASAIR

Registration

N3885J

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Conroe → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW03LA068

2 people died.

The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed resulting in an inadvertent stall and a subsequent loss of control.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

Witnesses near the accident site reported that the airplane collided with a light pole in a residential backyard after the airplane "spun nose down into the ground." The FAA inspector, who responded to the accident site, reported that the amateur-built airplane, which was mostly built out of fiberglass and composite materials, "was totally consumed by the post-impact fire." The inspector added that all of the major aircraft components were located within a 20-foot radius from the initial point of impact. At the time of his last medical examination on April 20, 2001, the pilot had accumulated a total of 1,230 hours. No discrepancies were found with the airframe or the engine that could have prevented normal flight operations.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.