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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr Aircamper · Arlington, WA · July 10, 1999

Date: July 10, 1999 · 11:35 local
Place: Arlington, WA
Airport: Arlington Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N486LB
Reported as: Amtr Aircamper
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 300 total120 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N486LBRegistration cancelled Oct 6, 2017 · Brochetti Louis PIETENPOL AIRCAMPERS/N 2 · Built 1990 Airframe modelBrochetti Louis PIETENPOL AIRCAMPER Engine modelContinental A&C75 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On approach to Arlington airport the engine quit at 2300'. Emergency landing attempted in grassy field at high rate of descent approx. 2 miles south of the airport. Landing gear collapsed on impact causing minor damage to aircraft. Pilot stated that he normally had 4 to 4 1/2 hours of fuel and only had flown 3 hours since topping the tanks. Test run of the engine post incident was satisfactory and only 2 gallons of fuel drained from the sumps. Pilot was not aware of the location of the standpipe in the tanks or the actual usable fuel capacity.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON APPROACH TO ARLINGTON AIRPORT THE ENGINE QUIT AT 2300'. EMERGENCY LANDING ATTEMPTED IN GRASSY FIELD AT HIGH RATE OF DESCENT APPROX. 2 MILES SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT. LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON IMPACT CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. PILOT STATED THAT HE NORMALLY HAD 4 TO 4 1/2 HOURS OF FUEL AND ONLY HAD FLOWN 3 HOURS SINCE TOPPING THE TANKS. TEST RUN OF THE ENGINE POST INCIDENT WAS SATISFACTORY AND ONLY 2 GALLONS OF FUEL DRAINED FROM THE SUMPS. PILOT WAS NOT AWARE OF THE LOCATION OF THE STANDPIPE IN THE TANKS OR THE ACTUAL USABLE FUEL CAPACITY.

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