# Accident 19960724020049A: Amtr GLASAIRIII, Lafayette, LA, July 24, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 1996, 21:20 local time
- Place: Lafayette, LA
- Airport: Lafayette Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2053° N, 91.9876° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Lafayette Regional Airport (LFT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2053&lon=-91.9876&mi=10
- Aircraft: N127E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N127E-1997-01-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Chester Steve GLASAIR RG (registry code 05655RR, https://openairdocs.org/model/chester-steve-glasair-rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR GLASAIRIII
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW96FA319](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96FA319) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960724020049A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 23, 1996, AT APPROXIMATELY 2120 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME (CDT), A CHESTER GLASSAIR RG, AIRCRAFT, N127E, WAS DESTROYED FOUR MILES EAST OF LAFAYETTE REGIONAL AIRPORT, LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA. THE PILOT AND HIS FIVE-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER WERE BOTH FATALLY INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE WAS FOUND ON JULY 26, 1996, AT APPROXIMATELY 1215 CDT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A FLIGHT PLAN HAD NOT BEEN FILED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT NEW BRUNSFELS, TEXAS, AT 1849 CDT. THE LAST RADIO CONTACT WAS WITH HOUSTON AIR ROUTE TRAFFIC CONTROL CENTER (ARTCC), APPROXIMATELY 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA. RADIO CONTACT WITH HOUSTON ARTCC WAS LOST AND THE TRANSPONDER SQUAWK STOPPED. RADIO COMMUNICATIONS WERE NEVER ESTABLISHED WITH LAFAYETTE APPROACH CONTROL OR LAFAYETTE TOWER. THE LAST PRIMARY RADAR RETURN WAS APPROXIMATELY FIVE MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE REGIONAL AIRPORT. BLOOD SAMPLES FROM THE FIVE-YEAR-OLD GIRL (THE PASSENGER) INDICATED A CARBOXYL HEMOGLOBIN OF 18%. TISSUE FROM THE PILOT WAS FORWARDED TO THE CIVIL AEROMEDICAL INSTITUTE LOCATED IN OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, FOR EVALUATION. THE FIELD INVESTIGATION INDICATED THAT THE ENGINE WAS OPERATING AT IMPACT.

## 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 FTW96FA319](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96FA319), Jul 24, 1996: Chester Glasair RG (N127E), Lafayette, LA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: failure of the pilot to maintain proper altitude (and clearance above wooded terrain), while diverting to an alternate destination. Factors relating to the accident were: the loss of the comm/nav…

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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