# Accident 19930419009659A: Amtr GLASAIR, Zephyrhills, FL, April 19, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 1993, 16:57 local time
- Place: Zephyrhills, FL
- Airport: Zephyrhills Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.2267° N, 82.1556° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ZEPHYRHILLS MUNI (ZPH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.2267&lon=-82.1556&mi=10
- Aircraft: N540PS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N540PS-1995-07-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Siegel Paul E GLASAIR III (registry code 05655ZW, https://openairdocs.org/model/siegel-paul-e-glasair-iii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR GLASAIR
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1K5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,732 total, 50 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA93LA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA93LA105) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930419009659A

## Narrative

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

LOST POWER ON CLIMBOUT. STRUCK TREES. HAD PRIOR ENGINE ROUGHNESS. CLEANED NOZZLES AND FILTER. STILL CONTAMINATED.

## 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 MIA93LA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA93LA105), Apr 19, 1993: Siegel Glasair III (N540PS), Zephyrhills, FL, destroyed. Probable cause: CONTAMINATION (FIBERGLASS DUST) IN THE FUEL SYSTEM AND/OR A PIECE OF PLASTIC (FOREIGN) MATERIAL IN THE FUEL INJECTOR, WHICH RESULTED IN RESTRICTED FLOW OF FUEL TO THE ENGINE, LOSS OF ENGINE POWER,…

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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