# Accident 20040903019409A: Amtr LANCAIR320, Chewelah, WA, September 3, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 2004, 13:05 local time
- Place: Chewelah, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.3000° N, 117.7497° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.3000&lon=-117.7497&mi=10
- Aircraft: N320MC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N320MC-2007-01-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hardin M C LANCAIR 320 (registry code 0561853, https://openairdocs.org/model/hardin-m-c-lancair-320) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360 series (registry code 41575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LANCAIR320
- Reported engine: LYC IO320*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 20 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA04LA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04LA179) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040903019409A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING LOCAL TEST FLIGHT, ENGINE RAN ROUGH, THEN QUIT. A/C LANDED OFF AIRPORT WITH MAJOR DAMAGE. THERE WAS A SMALL POST ACCIDENT FIRE THAT WAS EXTINGUISHED WITH LOOSE DIRT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA04LA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04LA179), Sep 3, 2004: Hardin Lancair 320 (N320MC), Chewelah, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: Fuel exhaustion as a result of a fuel leak from an undetermined location resulting in a loss of engine power during approach for landing and subsequent forced landing. Soft terrain was a factor.

## Other reports on N320MC (1)

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

- [Accident 19910505014139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910505014139A), May 5, 1991: Amtrnc 320LANCAIR (N320MC), Fall River Mill, CA, Destroyed. Lost directional control landing. Left runway and cartwheeled into hangar. Blamed shifting surface winds.

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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