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Incident

FAA incident report · Amtrru Variezelong · Carlsbad, NM · December 28, 1995

Date: December 28, 1995 · 16:45 local
Place: Carlsbad, NM
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N94WD
Reported as: Amtrru Variezelong
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 630 total62 in this make and model62 in the last 90 days

N94WDRegistered now · Derickson N Wesley LONG E-ZS/N 1849 Airframe modelDerickson N Wesley LONG E-Z Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: pilot stated that he departed Carlsbad airport (cnm), Carlsbad, NM and was enroute to albuquerque (abq) when at approximately 1645, at 6500 (level flight).the engine started missing and quit. In an attempt to restart the engine, he switched the fuel tanks and turned on the electric fuel pump. He managed to get the engine running for approximately 15 seconds and then it quit again, at which time, he noticed that he had zero fuel pressure. He landed on paved road near highway 285 (without incident) between Carlsbad, NM and artesia, NM. No injury to pilot or damage to aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT STATED THAT HE DEPARTED CARLSBAD AIRPORT (CNM), CARLSBAD, NM AND WAS ENROUTE TO ALBUQUERQUE (ABQ) WHEN AT APPROXIMATELY 1645, AT 6500 (LEVEL FLIGHT).THE ENGINE STARTED MISSING AND QUIT. IN AN ATTEMPT TO RESTART THE ENGINE, HE SWITCHED THE FUEL TANKS AND TURNED ON THE ELECTRIC FUEL PUMP. HE MANAGED TO GET THE ENGINE RUNNING FOR APPROXIMATELY 15 SECONDS AND THEN IT QUIT AGAIN, AT WHICH TIME, HE NOTICED THAT HE HAD ZERO FUEL PRESSURE. HE LANDED ON PAVED ROAD NEAR HIGHWAY 285 (WITHOUT INCIDENT) BETWEEN CARLSBAD, NM AND ARTESIA, NM. NO INJURY TO PILOT OR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.