# Incident 19990626022949I: Amtr GLASAIRIII, Fulton, NY, June 26, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 1999, 17:30 local time
- Place: Fulton, NY
- Airport: Oswego County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.3508° N, 76.3881° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OSWEGO COUNTY (FZY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.3508&lon=-76.3881&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N26H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Helmetag Roy W GLASSAIR III (registry code 05605I7, https://openairdocs.org/model/helmetag-roy-w-glassair-iii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR GLASAIRIII
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 21 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/19990626022949I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 26, 1999, AT 1730 EST, A GLASSAIR III, N26H, S/N 3170, REGISTERED TO MR. ROY HELMETAG, LOST ENGINE POWER AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT GEAR-UP IN A FARM FIELD NEAR FULTON-OSWEGO COUNTY AIRPORT (N00). THE PILOT, ROY HELMETAG, INFORMED THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION THAT HE TOOK-OFF ON THE RESERVE FUEL TANK AND FORGOT TO SWITCH FUEL TANKS; AT THAT POINT THE ENGINE STARTED TO RUN ROUGH AND THEN STOPPED.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND THERE WAS NO IFR FLIGHT PLAN FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE FULTON-OSWEGO AIRPORT, OSWEGO NY ON JUNE 26, 1999.  THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N26H (1)

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

- [Accident 20060507011069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060507011069A), May 7, 2006: Amtr GLASAIRIII (N26H), Chicago/Aurora, IL, Destroyed. (-23) Aircraft departed runway 18 at Aurora airport (arr), Aurora, IL. Pilot stated that he lost control of the aircraft prior to rotation. He explained that…

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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