# Incident 19990706034439I: Amtr RV6, Garden City, KS, July 6, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 1999, 13:15 local time
- Place: Garden City, KS
- Airport: Garden City Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9275° N, 100.7244° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GARDEN CITY RGNL (GCK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9275&lon=-100.7244&mi=10
- Aircraft: N369X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N369X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Skinner Robert J RV-6 (registry code 05626PG, https://openairdocs.org/model/skinner-robert-j-rv-6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RV6
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 8 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990706034439I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS APPROACHING GARDEN CITY AIRPORT, GARDEN CITY, KANSAS WHEN THE ENGINE STOPPED. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED SEVERAL UNSUCCESSFUL RE-STARTS.  THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN A WHEAT FIELD WHERE IT FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE SOLE OCCUPANT, THE PILOT, SUFFERED NO INJURIES.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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