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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr GLASAIR III · Mesa, AZ · July 29, 2005

Date
July 29, 2005 · 08:54 local
Place
Mesa, AZ
Airport
Falcon Field Airport
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N300GS
Reported as
Amtr Glasairiii
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,113 total119 in this make and model59 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) After take off engine oil began to leak onto windshield. Airman returned to airport and landed normally but lost control on roll out and drifted off runway and hit taxiway sign. Engine oil partially obscured left side of windshield. Nosewheel collapsed damaging engine cowl and propeller.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AFTER TAKE OFF ENGINE OIL BEGAN TO LEAK ONTO WINDSHIELD. AIRMAN RETURNED TO AIRPORT AND LANDED NORMALLY BUT LOST CONTROL ON ROLL OUT AND DRIFTED OFF RUNWAY AND HIT TAXIWAY SIGN. ENGINE OIL PARTIALLY OBSCURED LEFT SIDE OF WINDSHIELD. NOSEWHEEL COLLAPSED DAMAGING ENGINE COWL AND PROPELLER.

Other reports on N300GS · 1

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