# Accident 19910405008999A: Amtr GLASAIR, Mesa, AZ, April 5, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 5, 1991, 08:57 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4608° N, 111.7283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FALCON FLD (FFZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4608&lon=-111.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N93RB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N93RB-1991-06-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Batson R M/Kirk R D GLASAIR III (registry code 05691CK, https://openairdocs.org/model/batson-r-m-kirk-r-d-glasair-iii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR GLASAIR
- Reported engine: LYC AEIO540L1B5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,300 total, 250 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX91LA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX91LA158) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910405008999A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT STRUCK TREE AND RESIDENTIAL FENCE ON FORCED LANDING. MAIN TANKS EMPTY. FUEL IN HOPPER.SELECTOR ON MAINS

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX91LA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX91LA158), Apr 5, 1991: Glasair III SH-3R (N93RB), Mesa, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE MISMANAGEMENT OF THE AIRPLANE'S FUEL SUPPLY BY THE PILOT AND HIS FAILURE TO SELECT A FUEL TANK CONTAINING SUFFICIENT FUEL FOR FLIGHT WHICH RESULTED IN FUEL STARVATION.

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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