# Incident 19961021037999I: Amtr GLASAIRIII, Rancho Murieta, CA, October 21, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 1996, 13:00 local time
- Place: Rancho Murieta, CA
- Airport: Rancho Murieta Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.4868° N, 121.1028° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RANCHO MURIETA (RIU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4868&lon=-121.1028&mi=10
- Aircraft: N777WE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N777WE-2002-07-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ellenberger Werner GLASAIR I TD (registry code 05691CF, https://openairdocs.org/model/ellenberger-werner-glasair-i-td) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR GLASAIRIII
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961021037999I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT AFTER A NORMAL APPROACH. AND TOUCHDOWN. ON TAXI AIRCRAFT DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS LOST. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE PAVED SURFACE AND A MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS SHEARED OFF. THE ADJOINING WING SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N777WE (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20020212001489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020212001489A), Feb 12, 2002: Amtr GLASAIR (N777WE), Minden, NV, No damage, 2 fatal. (.19) On February 12, 2002, about 1630 pacific standard time, an experimental ellenberger Glasair I td, N777WE, impacted terrain in a pasture 6 miles south of…

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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