# Accident 19920726027339A: Amtr AVIDFLYER, Truckee, CA, July 26, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 1992, 13:15 local time
- Place: Truckee, CA
- Airport: Truckee-Tahoe Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3201° N, 120.1396° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TRUCKEE-TAHOE (TRK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3201&lon=-120.1396&mi=10
- Aircraft: N771AF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N771AF-2013-09-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schwarzman James AVID HEAVY HAULER (registry code 9570898, https://openairdocs.org/model/schwarzman-james-avid-heavy-hauler) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR AVIDFLYER
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX582
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX92LA314](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX92LA314) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920726027339A

## Narrative

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

FUEL STARVATION TURNING FINAL. STRUCK BUSH AND TUMBLED LANDING. FUEL FILTER CLOGGED. WAS USTREAM FROM FUEL PUMP.

## 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 LAX92LA314](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX92LA314), Jul 26, 1992: James Schwarzman Avid Flyer Heavy (N771AF), Truckee, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: FUEL STARVATION DUE TO THE AIRCRAFT BUILDER LOCATING THE FUEL FILTER IN AN IMPROPER LOCATION DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE AIRPLANE'S FUEL SYSTEM.

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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