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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr Glasairiii · Gerlach, NV · October 19, 1996

Date: October 19, 1996 · 18:20 local
Place: Gerlach, NV
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N49VL
Reported as: Amtr Glasairiii
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 10,500 total670 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N49VLRegistered now · Srour Thrasher GLASAIR SH 2S/N 175 Airframe modelSrour Thrasher GLASAIR SH 2 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: according to the owner/pilot, vernon davis, while enroute from eugene, OR. To carson city, NV. Weather conditions forced him to alter course. It started to get darker and Mr. Davis decided to make a precautionary landing. Mr. Davis could not locate the airport at empire, NV. (1A8) so he waited until the highway was clear, then landed. During landing the aircraft ground-looped causing minor damage to the right wing tip and right main gear. The tail wheel went into mud causing minor damage. No injuries or fire. No further action was required. This report is closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ACCORDING TO THE OWNER/PILOT, VERNON DAVIS, WHILE ENROUTE FROM EUGENE, OR. TO CARSON CITY, NV. WEATHER CONDITIONS FORCED HIM TO ALTER COURSE. IT STARTED TO GET DARKER AND MR. DAVIS DECIDED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. MR. DAVIS COULD NOT LOCATE THE AIRPORT AT EMPIRE, NV. (1A8) SO HE WAITED UNTIL THE HIGHWAY WAS CLEAR, THEN LANDED. DURING LANDING THE AIRCRAFT GROUND-LOOPED CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING TIP AND RIGHT MAIN GEAR. THE TAIL WHEEL WENT INTO MUD CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE. NO INJURIES OR FIRE. NO FURTHER ACTION WAS REQUIRED. THIS REPORT IS CLOSED.