# Incident 20050729016159I: Amtr GLASAIRIII, Mesa, AZ, July 29, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 2005, 08:54 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4608° N, 111.7283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FALCON FLD (FFZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4608&lon=-111.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N300GS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N300GS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Specketer Gary GLASAIR III (registry code 056557Y, https://openairdocs.org/model/specketer-gary-glasair-iii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR GLASAIRIII
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,113 total, 119 in this make and model, 59 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050729016159I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

- [Incident 20090426006899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090426006899I), Apr 26, 2009: Amtr GLASAIRIII (N300GS), Mesa, AZ, Minor damage. On 4/26/2009, during landing on runway 4R, the right main landing gear collapsed. The aircraft went off the right side of the runway, striking and damaging a…

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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