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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Amtr ACRO SPORT II · Bartlesville, OK · June 7, 2003

Date: June 7, 2003 · 12:05 local
Place: Bartlesville, OK
Airport: Frank Phillips Airport
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N94SM
NTSB investigation: NTSBFTW03LA167
Reported as: Amtr Acrosportii
Reported engine: Lycoming IO360A1A
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,000 total480 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N94SMRegistration cancelled Apr 18, 2018 · Manweiler Steven R ACRO SPORT IIS/N 733 · Built 1994 Airframe modelManweiler Steven R ACRO SPORT II Engine modelLycoming I0360 SER A&CReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) The aircraft departed Bartlesville municipal airport (bvo) Bartlesville, OK at 1147 am local time for a local flight. While in flight for about ten minutes the engine began running rough and quit. The pilot landed in a hay field at 1105 local time. The grass in the field was about 30 inches tall, as the aircraft slowed the tall grass got tangled in the landing gear and the aircraft flipped over. There was not injury to the pilot or the passenger. The vertical and horizontal stab, rudder and elevators were damaged. On Monday 06/09/03 the pilot stated that he had run out of fuel and that the fuel order that he had given the line crew was forgotten.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED BARTLESVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (BVO) BARTLESVILLE, OK AT 1147 AM LOCAL TIME FOR A LOCAL FLIGHT. WHILE IN FLIGHT FOR ABOUT TEN MINUTES THE ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH AND QUIT. THE PILOT LANDED IN A HAY FIELD AT 1105 LOCAL TIME. THE GRASS IN THE FIELD WAS ABOUT 30 INCHES TALL, AS THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED THE TALL GRASS GOT TANGLED IN THE LANDING GEAR AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER. THERE WAS NOT INJURY TO THE PILOT OR THE PASSENGER. THE VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL STAB, RUDDER AND ELEVATORS WERE DAMAGED. ON MONDAY 06/09/03 THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD RUN OUT OF FUEL AND THAT THE FUEL ORDER THAT HE HAD GIVEN THE LINE CREW WAS FORGOTTEN.

NTSB investigation

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NTSB FTW03LA167Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBartlesville, OKThe pilot's inadequate preflight inspection, which resulted in fuel exhaustion. A related factor was the lack of suitable terrain.Jun 7, 2003 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N94SM · 1

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

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