# Incident 20050928027009I: Amtr GLASTAR, Lake Hartwell, GA, September 28, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 2005, 15:15 local time
- Place: Lake Hartwell, GA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N90PM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N90PM-2014-10-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Morley Peter B GLASTAR (registry code 0560463, https://openairdocs.org/model/morley-peter-b-glastar) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR GLASTAR
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1F6
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,000 total, 13 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050928027009I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE CRUISING AT 2500 FEET MSL, THE POWERPLANTS CYLINDER HEAD TEMPERATURE BEGAN TO RISE. UPON REACHING THE TOP OF THE SCALE, THE ENGINE FAILED. PILOT DETERMINED LAKE HARTWELL TO BE THE MOST SUITABLE DITCHING LOCATION AND PROCEEDED TO DO SO. UPON SPLASHDOWN, THE NOSE PITCHED DOWN AND THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED TO AN INVERTED POSITION WITH THE NOSE RESTING ON THE LAKE BED. THE PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND MADE HIS WAY TO SHORE WITH MINOR SCRATCHES. POST RECOVERY: ENGINE ROTATED FREELY, AVGAS CONFIRMED IN FUEL LINE, SPARK PLUGS CLEAN. UNSUCCESSFUL START ATTEMPT. CAUSE OF POWERPLANT FAILURE WAS NOT EVIDENT.

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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