# Accident 20050821024269A: Amtr GLASTAR, Marcellous, MI, August 21, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 2005, 10:30 local time
- Place: Marcellous, MI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2350° N, 85.5519° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2350&lon=-85.5519&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4970Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4970Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Yamokoski William GLASTAR (registry code 05614QM, https://openairdocs.org/model/yamokoski-william-glastar) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Subaru ALL MDLS A/B (registry code 59050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/subaru-all-mdls-a-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR GLASTAR
- Reported engine: AMTR SUBARU*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 717 total, 613 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI05CA236](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA236) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050821024269A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT AIRCRAFT ENGINE STARTED TO RUN ROUGH AND QUIT RUNNING AT 2800 FEET MSL. PILOT LANDED AIRCRAFT IN CORN FIELD. AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER UPON LANDING AND RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. PILOT WAS ONLY PERSON ON BOARD AND DID NOT RECEIVE ANY INJURIES.

## 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 CHI05CA236](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA236), Aug 21, 2005: Yamokoski Glastar (N4970Y), Marcellus, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The in-flight loss of engine power during cruise for undetermined reasons and the unsuitable terrain the pilot encountered during the forced landing. A factor was the tall corn he encountered.

## Other reports on N4970Y (1)

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

- [Accident 20120722016159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120722016159A), Jul 22, 2012: Yamokoski William GLASTAR (N4970Y), Chicago, IL, Substantial damage. On July 22, 2012, at approximately 13:00 CDT, N4970Y an experimental amateur built Glastar, enroute from oshkosh, WI to benton harbor, mi declared an emergency…

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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