# Incident 20020222003429I: Amtr SONEX, Tularosa, NM, February 22, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 22, 2002
- Place: Tularosa, NM
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0750° N, 106.0173° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tularosa, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0750&lon=-106.0173&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53NM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N53NM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schaefer John F SONEX (registry code 0561159, https://openairdocs.org/model/schaefer-john-f-sonex) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SONEX
- Reported engine: AMTR JABIRU2200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,245 total, 7 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020222003429I

## Narrative

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

(-23) HISTORY OF FLIGHT: ON FEBRUARY 22, 2002 AT APPROX. 1245 MST, A SONEX HOMEBUILT, N53NM OWNED BY JOHN SCHAEFER, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DURING CRUISE AT TULAROSE, NM, APPEARED TO HAVE LOST POWER TO THE ENGINE AND WAS FORCED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN AN OPEN HAY FIELD. THE FLIGHT WAS A PERSONAL FLIGHT UNDER VFR. IT APPEARS MR. PHILLIPS DID NOT FILE A FLIGHT PLAN. THE AIRCRAFT LITTLE DAMAGED AND THE PILOT RECEIVED NO INJURIES. THE PILOT HOLDS A COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT ALAMOGORDA, NM.

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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