# Incident 20030911023989I: Amtr SKYARROW1450, Chapel Hill, NC, September 11, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 2003, 16:47 local time
- Place: Chapel Hill, NC
- Airport: Horace Williams Airport
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9283° N, 79.0401° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chapel Hill, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9283&lon=-79.0401&mi=10
- Aircraft: N545P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N545P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dempsey Edward V JR SKY ARROW 1450L (registry code 05626B9, https://openairdocs.org/model/dempsey-edward-v-jr-sky-arrow-1450l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SKYARROW1450
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX914
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030911023989I

## Narrative

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

(-23) REFERENCE ATTACHED SHEETS (RECORD OF TELEPHONE CONVERSATIONS DATED 9-12-03 AND 9-15-03, LETTER FROM DOM, DAVID HUMPHRIES REGARDING FINDINGS AT BUY). PILOT INDICATED HE DID NOT KNOW WHAT CAUSED THE ENGINE TO QUIT DURING THE PHONE INTERVIEW DATED 09-12-03 HOWEVER WHEN A/C ARRIVED AT BUY HE PERSONALLY SERVICED WITH 10 GALLONS FUEL. AFTER CONTACT WITH DAVID HUMPHRIES, DOM BURLINGTON AVIATION I REQUESTED ALL FUEL BE DRAINED AND MEASURED. 10.2 GALLONS WERE DRAINED FROM THE GASCOLATOR. THIS A/C HAS .2 GALLONS UNUSABLE PER DAVID HUMPHRIES. MINNIS AND LITKA WERE PRESENT AT TIME OF ENGINE START. ENGINE OPERATION NORMAL. ATTACHED MEMO: ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2003, DICK TATE (OWNER/PILOT) CALLED IN THE MORNING. HE SAID HE WAS FLYING ON THURSDAY 9/11/03 FOR ABOUT 6 HOURS. HE SAID HE WAS ABOUT 5 MILES FROM CHAPEL HILL (HORACE WILLIAMS) AIRPORT ON FINAL WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT. HE HAD TO LAND IN A CORNFIELD AND WAS GOING TO DISASSEMBLE THE PLANE AND BRING IT TO OUS AT KBUY FOR REPAIR. HE ARRIVED AFTER 4:00 PM WITH THE PLANE ON A FLATBED TRAILER. WE ASSISTED IN REMOVING THE WINGS AND FUSELAGE FROM THE FLATBED. IMMEDIATELY UPON REMOVING THE FUSELAGE, ONE OF MY LEAD MECHANICS TURNED ON THE MASTER SWITCH AND CHECKED THE FUEL QUANTITY. THE GAUGE READ EMPTY. THEN DICK TATE HAD THE LINE SERVICE WORKER OPERATE THE PUMP AND DICK SERVICED 10 GALLONS OF FUEL IN THE ACFT. ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2003, ERIC MINNIS, FAA AVIATION SAFETY INSPECTOR FROM FSDO-SO-05 ASKED THAT WE DRAIN THE FUEL. WE DRAINED ABOUT (APPROXIMATELY 10.25 GALLONS). WE INSPECTED THE GASCOLATOR, BOTH FUEL PUMP SCREENS, AND THE FUEL FILTER FOR CONTAMINATION (AS RECOMMENDED BY LOCKWOOD AVIATION TECH SUPPORT). WE DISCOVERED MINOR DEBRIS, BUT NOTHING MAJOR. WE SERVICED THE FUEL BACK IN THE ACFT. WE PERFORMED A GROUND RUN OF THE ENGINE. NO ABNORMALITIES OCCURRED OTHER THAN AN OVER BOOST CONDITION WHICH WAS ALREADY BEING WORKED BY US.

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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