# Incident 20020127008539I: Amtr HUMMELBIRD, Garden City, KS, January 27, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 27, 2002, 11:27 local time
- Place: Garden City, KS
- Airport: Garden City Municipal
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9275° N, 100.7244° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GARDEN CITY RGNL (GCK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9275&lon=-100.7244&mi=10
- Aircraft: N465VW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N465VW-2009-03-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Stallings Thomas H HUMMEL BIRD (registry code 05605H5, https://openairdocs.org/model/stallings-thomas-h-hummel-bird) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Volkswagen CONVERSION (registry code 63501, https://openairdocs.org/engine/volkswagen-conversion) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR HUMMELBIRD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 78 total, 12 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020127008539I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 27, 2002, AN AMATEUR BUILT AIRCRAFT, REGISTRATION NUMBER N465VW, EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FAILURE AFTER TAKE-OFF, FROM THE GARDEN CITY, KS AIRPORT, AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON THE FIELD. THE PILOT (OWNER) AND SOLE OCCUPANT, MR. THOMAS H. STALLINGS (CERTIFICATE #509428217) LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INCIDENT OR INJURIES. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE AND TAXI BACK TO HIS HANGAR.

## Other reports on N465VW (1)

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

- [Incident 20020112008529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020112008529I), Jan 12, 2002: Amtr HUMMELBIRD (N465VW), Garden City, KS. (-23) On January 12, 2002, an amateur built aircraft, registration number N465VW, experienced an engine failure, and made an emergency landing in a stubble…

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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