# Incident 19951228045699I: Amtrru VARIEZELONG, Carlsbad, NM, December 28, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 1995, 16:45 local time
- Place: Carlsbad, NM
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4207° N, 104.2288° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Carlsbad, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4207&lon=-104.2288&mi=10
- Aircraft: N94WD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N94WD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Derickson N Wesley LONG E-Z (registry code 05625MH, https://openairdocs.org/model/derickson-n-wesley-long-e-z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRRU VARIEZELONG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 630 total, 62 in this make and model, 62 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951228045699I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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