# Incident 19990710023159I: Amtr AIRCAMPER, Arlington, WA, July 10, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 1999, 11:35 local time
- Place: Arlington, WA
- Airport: Arlington Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.1608° N, 122.1590° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ARLINGTON MUNI (AWO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.1608&lon=-122.1590&mi=10
- Aircraft: N486LB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N486LB-2017-10-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Brochetti Louis PIETENPOL AIRCAMPER (registry code 704031N, https://openairdocs.org/model/brochetti-louis-pietenpol-aircamper) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C75 series (registry code 17005, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c75-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR AIRCAMPER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 120 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990710023159I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## Other reports on N486LB (1)

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

- [Accident 20111029026969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111029026969A), Oct 29, 2011: Brochetti Louis PIETENPOL AIRCAMPER (N486LB), Vienna, OH, Destroyed. Witnesses report that the pilot[privacy data omitted] (above) performed an uneventful run-up, taxi and take-off. One witness reported that during roll-out, the…

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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