# Accident 20050117027269A: Amtr MCR01VLA, Roselawn, OH, January 17, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 2005, 12:54 local time
- Place: Roselawn, OH
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2083° N, 84.4547° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2083&lon=-84.4547&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3085Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3085Q-2005-11-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ghiles Philippe/American G A MCR-01 VLA (registry code 05607VA, https://openairdocs.org/model/ghiles-philippe-american-g-a-mcr-01-vla) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR MCR01VLA
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX912ULS
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 143 total, 30 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD05LA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05LA033) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050117027269A

## Narrative

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

(-23)  ON JANUARY 17, 2005, AT 1254 EST, A GHILES MCR-01 VLA, EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR-BUILT AIRCRAFT, N3085Q, REGISTERED TO THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A PUBLIC ROAD NEAR ROSELAWN, OHIO AS A RESULT OF ENGINE FAILURE, DURING A LOCAL PLEASURE FLIGHT. VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT CINCINNATI LUNKEN AIRPORT, OHIO (LUK) ON JANUARY 17, 2005 AT 1235 EST.

## 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 IAD05LA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05LA033), Jan 17, 2005: Ghiles MCR-01 VLA (N3085Q), Cincinnati, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to an oil hose collapse, which resulted in failure of the #4 connecting rod.

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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