# Incident 19890124006349I: Amtrvn VANSRV4, Chandler, AZ, January 24, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 1989, 16:27 local time
- Place: Chandler, AZ
- Airport: Stellar Airpark Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2988° N, 111.9158° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at STELLAR AIRPARK (P19), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2988&lon=-111.9158&mi=10
- Aircraft: N45EM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N45EM-1992-08-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sauls Hunter A JR RV-4 (registry code 056086C, https://openairdocs.org/model/sauls-hunter-a-jr-rv-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRVN VANSRV4
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 655 total, 325 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890124006349I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ENGINE QUIT. LANDED WITHOUT POWER IN AN OPEN FIELD. FOUND FUEL SELECTOR ON AN EMPTY FUEL TANK. MEDICAL HAD EXPIRED.

## Other reports on N45EM (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19910403008239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910403008239A), Apr 3, 1991: Amtrvn VANSRV4 (N45EM), Santa Paula, CA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Pitched up on takeoff. Stalled,impacted flat and burned. Fuel off. Passenger and rear seat back in aft fuselage.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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