# Incident 20040517007579I: Amtr GLASAIRIISFT, Rancho Murieta, CA, May 17, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 2004, 10:50 local time
- Place: Rancho Murieta, CA
- Airport: Rancho Murieta Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.4868° N, 121.1028° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RANCHO MURIETA (RIU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4868&lon=-121.1028&mi=10
- Aircraft: N934S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N934S-2010-06-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schuh Dave GLASAIR II S F T (registry code 05617A1, https://openairdocs.org/model/schuh-dave-glasair-ii-s-f-t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR GLASAIRIISFT
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 350 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040517007579I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS MAKING A HIGH-SPEED TAXI RUN TO CHECK THE AIRCRAFT HANDLING CHARACTERISTICS AND TO CHECK THE ENGINE GAUGES. THE PILOT APPLIED FULL POWER AND WHEN HE REACHED 80KTS HE STABILIZED THE AIRCRAFT. HE THEN ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO SLOW DOWN (APPROXIMATELY 60KTS) AND CHECKED THE BRAKES. BOTH WORKED. ABOUT 25 TO 30 KTS HE APPLIED FULL BRAKING AND THE RIGHT BRAKE PEDAL COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED HARD LEFT AND HE STATES THAT HE RELEASED THE LEFT BRAKE. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO THE LEFT AND HE STATES THAT HE PULLED THE MIXTURE, AS HE WAS WORRIED ABOUT GETTING A PROPELLER STRIKE. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST AND THE PILOT SMELLED GRASS ON FIRE. HE STATES HE QUICKLY EXITED THE PLANE AND IT BECAME FULLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE PILOT STATES THAT HE FOUND HYDRAULIC FLUID ON THE RUNWAY BY THE RIGHT WHEEL SKID MARKS AND TOOK PICTURES.

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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