# Incident 20000906029429I: Amtr GLASAIR, Lubbock, TX, September 6, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 2000, 11:50 local time
- Place: Lubbock, TX
- Airport: Lubbock International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5779° N, 101.8552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lubbock, TX, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5779&lon=-101.8552&mi=10
- Aircraft: N456RB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N456RB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boone Warren GLASAIR (registry code 05655WY, https://openairdocs.org/model/boone-warren-glasair) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR GLASAIR
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,750 total, 730 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000906029429I

## Narrative

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

(-23)DURING THIS PERSONAL FLIGHT OF AN EXPERIMENTAL (AMATUER BUILT) AIRCRAFT, UNDER VFR CONDITIONS THE COMMERICAL PILOT EXPERIENCED ENGINE FAILURE AFTER ROTATION. THE FLIGHT ENDED IN A COTTON FIELD OUTSIDE OF THE AIRPORT PERIMETER WITH THE GEAR UP.  THE PILOT WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT SUFFERED NO INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED ONLY MINOR DAMAGE.  POST INCIDENT INSPECTION REVEALED THAT A CLAMP THAT HOLDS THE MIXTURE CABLE HAD NOT BEEN PROPERLY  SECURED AFTER HAVING BEEN REMOVED DURING THE RECENT CONDITION INSPECTION.  THIS ALLOWED THE MIXTURE CABLE TO MOVE INTO THE PATH OF THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTION MECHANISIM.  WHEN THE NOSE GEAR WAS RETRACTED ON TAKEOFF IT MADE CONTACT WITH THE MIXTURE CABLE AND MOVED IT TO THE IDLE CUT OFF POSITION WHICH SHUT DOEN THE ENGINE.  THIS INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED.

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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