# Accident 19970927044569A: Amtr SUPERACE, Lebanon, TN, September 27, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 1997, 14:30 local time
- Place: Lebanon, TN
- Airport: Lebanon Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2008° N, 86.3196° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2008&lon=-86.3196&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54JT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SUPERACE
- Reported engine: LYC O235C1C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 130 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL97LA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL97LA141) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970927044569A

## Narrative

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

FUEL STARVATION LOW ON FINAL STRUCK TREE NEAR RUNWAY. FAILED TO SWTICH TO FUSELAGE TANK PER PROPER PROCEDURE. (-23) AIRMAN FLYING A HOMEBUILT AIRCRAFT. DID NOT CHANGE FUEL TANKS FOR LANDING APPROACH. FUEL STARVATION OF ENGINE AT APPROXIMATELY 300' AGL. HARD LANDING ENSUED - NO INJURIES - SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 ATL97LA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL97LA141), Sep 27, 1997: Tomlinson Pober Super ACE (N54JT), Lebanon, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to follow normal checklist procedures that resulted in fuel starvation.

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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