# Accident 20001119032839A: Amtr GLASAIRIII, Guistine, CA, November 19, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 19, 2000, 12:00 local time
- Place: Guistine, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.1401° N, 121.0394° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1401&lon=-121.0394&mi=10
- Aircraft: N540AK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N540AK-2002-04-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Collette John L GLASAIR III (registry code 05691EX, https://openairdocs.org/model/collette-john-l-glasair-iii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR GLASAIRIII
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1G5D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 700 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX01LA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01LA045) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001119032839A

## Narrative

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

(-23)WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT, PILOT NOTED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT, OIL SPRAY ON THE WINDSHIELD AND LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE. PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A GRASS FIELD AND THE A/C CAME TO REST INVERTED. (.19) ON NOVEMBER 17, 2000, ABOUT 1140 HOURS PACIFIC STANDARD TIME, A COLLETTE GLASSAIR III, N540AK, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT LOST ENGINE POWER, MADE A FORCED LANDING, AND NOSED OVER ABOUT 13 MILES WEST OF GUISTINE, CALIFORNIA. THE PRIVATE PILOT/OWNER, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS OPERATING THE AIRPLANE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91, AND SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT DEPARTED GUISTINE ABOUT 1100 EN ROUTE TO THE REID-HILLVIEW AIRPORT IN SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PILOT AND A FRIEND IN ANOTHER AIRPLANE DEPARTED REID-HILLVIEW EARLIER IN THE MORNING AND FLEW TO GUISTINE. THE FRIEND STATED THEY REFUELED AT GUISTINE AND HE WAS THE FIRST TO DEPART. HE SAID THE ACCIDENT PILOT RADIOED TO HIM THAT OIL WAS SPEWING ONTO HIS WINDSHIELD, HE WAS LOSING OIL PRESSURE, AND SMOKE WAS FILLING THE COCKPIT. THE WITNESS REVERSED COURSE AND SAW SMOKE IN THE DISTANCE, BUT COULD NOT                          KEEP SIGHT OF THE AIRPLANE TO THE GROUND BECAUSE OF HAZE. THE WITNESS SAID THE PILOT TRIED TO LAND ON AN ABANDONED DIRT STRIP, BUT OVERRAN THE RUNWAY INTO ROUGH TERRAIN AND OVERTURNED. THE WITNESS SAID HE WAS AWARE THAT MAINTENANCE WORK COMPLETED THE DAY BEFORE THE ACCIDENT INCLUDED AN OIL CHANGE AND REPLACEMENT OF THE CRANKSHAFT NOSE SEAL. (.4) SEE NTSB #LAX01LA045.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX01LA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01LA045), Nov 19, 2000: Collette Glassair III (N540AK), Guistine, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: Maintenance personnel misrouted the crankcase breather hose so that it was pinched when the cowling was installed. This pressurized the crankcase displacing the oil seal and forcing oil out of 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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