# Incident 19920404011239I: Amtr QUICKSILVER, Santa Monica, CA, April 4, 1992

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 1992, 12:30 local time
- Place: Santa Monica, CA
- Airport: Santa Monica Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0158° N, 118.4513° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANTA MONICA MUNI (SMO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0158&lon=-118.4513&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8092M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8092M-2015-05-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Subo QUICKSILVER MXL II (registry code 05676GB, https://openairdocs.org/model/subo-quicksilver-mxl-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR QUICKSILVER
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX503
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 210 total, 180 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920404011239I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE FAILED ON APPRAOCH TO AIRPORT. FORCED LANDING IN FIELD SHORT OF RUNWAY. SUSPECT WATER IN FUEL.

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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