# Incident 19990525034559I: Amtr GLASAIR, Santa Fe, NM, May 25, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 1999, 10:06 local time
- Place: Santa Fe, NM
- Airport: Santa Fe County Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6171° N, 106.0894° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANTA FE RGNL (SAF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6171&lon=-106.0894&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47NR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N47NR-2018-01-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Roach Neil GLASAIR SUPER IIS-FT (registry code 056051Y, https://openairdocs.org/model/roach-neil-glasair-super-iis-ft) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR GLASAIR
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,000 total, 6 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990525034559I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 05/25/99 RECEIVED NOTICE FROM SANTA FE TOWER THAT N47NR DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO FUMES IN THE COCKPIT, AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AT SANTA FE, NM, MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. INSPECTORS D. CHADWICK AND K. RAY CONTACTED OWNER OF THE AIRCRAFT AND FOUND THAT THE TANK HAD BEEN FILLED TO THE TOP CAUSING A SMALL AMOUNT OF FUEL TO ENTER THE VENT TUBE.  DURING A RAPID DECELERATION THIS CAUSED THE STRONG ODOR OF FUEL IN THE COCKPIT.  NO FURTHER ACTION IS REQUIRED.

## Other reports on N47NR (1)

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

- [Accident 20090309002329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090309002329A), Mar 9, 2009: Roach GLASAIRIISFT (N47NR), Tulsa, OK, Destroyed. On 03/09/09, second pilot/owner of a 1998 glassair siis-ft N47NR stated that it was his first flight in the aircraft and his first flight since 2001 so he…

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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