# Incident 20000614026259I: Amtr VARIEZE, Corcoran, CA, June 14, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 2000, 15:55 local time
- Place: Corcoran, CA
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0840° N, 119.5612° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Corcoran, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0840&lon=-119.5612&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27960, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N27960) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Halsmer Joseph L JR VARIEZE (registry code 05609UV, https://openairdocs.org/model/halsmer-joseph-l-jr-varieze) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR VARIEZE
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000614026259I

## Narrative

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

(-23) FUEL TANK VENT HOSES (LINES) WERE DETORIATED. THE NOSE HIGH ALTITUDE DURING TAKE OFF OF F AND CLIMB OUT CAUSED FUEL TO RUN FROM THE VENT LINES, HOSE WERE DETORIATED ALLOWING FUEL TO RUN INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND IGNITE. THE FIRE DAMAGED THE CARBURETOR AND AIR FILTER CAUSING A LOSS OF POWER. WHEN THE NOSE OF THE A/C WAS LOWERED THE FUEL STOPPED RUNNING FROM THE VENT LINES AND THE FIRE EXTINGUISHED ITSELF. THE A/C LANDED SAFELY AT CORCORAN, CA.

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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