# Accident 20051019032359A: Amtr GLASTAR, Summersville, WV, October 19, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 19, 2005, 14:30 local time
- Place: Summersville, WV
- Airport: Summersville Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2314° N, 80.8703° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2314&lon=-80.8703&mi=10
- Aircraft: N722W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N722W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Weber Edward J GLASTAR (registry code 05615W3, https://openairdocs.org/model/weber-edward-j-glastar) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-320-E3D (registry code 42127, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-320-e3d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR GLASTAR
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 44 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC06CA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06CA012) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051019032359A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING CRUISE FLIGHT THE ENGINE QUIT SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY. THE PILOT APPLIED CARBURETOR HEAT, CHECKED HIS FUEL GAUGE, WHICH SHOWED 5 PSI AND TURNED ON THE ELECTRIC FUEL PUMP AND SWITCHED TO ANOTHER FUEL TANK. ALL HAD NO EFFECT. THE PILOT FOUND THE SUMMERSVILLE AIRPORT ON HIS GPS AND CHANGED DIRECTION TOWARDS THAT AIRPORT. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN 2000 RPM ON THE ENGINE BY PUMPING THE PRIMER HANDLE IN AND OUT. THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT LONG AND FAST AND WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT FROM TRAVELING PAST THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND SLIDING DOWN A HILL WHERE IT FLIPPED OVER AND CAME TO REST NEAR THE AIRPORT PERIMETER CHAIN LINK FENCE. FUEL PRESSURE WAS FOUND TO THE CARBURETOR INLET. THE INLET SCREEN WAS CLEAR. THE FLOAT BOWL WAS FULL OF FUEL BUT THERE WAS A PIECE OF BLACK MATERIAL IN THE FLOAT BOWL. THE ACCELERATOR PUMP FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. WHEN THE CARBURETOR WAS DISASSEMBLED AND THE FLOAT ACTUATED AND RELEASED, THE NEEDLE VALVE DID NOT RETURN TO THE OPEN POSITION. AIR COULD NOT BE FORCED THROUGH THE CARBURETOR AFTER THE NEEDLE VALVE STUCK IN THE CLOSED POSITION. NO DEBRIS, SCORING OR BURRS WERE FOUND ON THE NEEDLE OR NEEDLE SEAT. AFTER SEVERAL ACTUATIONS OF THE NEEDLE VALVE IT WOULD NO LONGER GET STUCK.

## 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 NYC06CA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06CA012), Oct 19, 2005: Weber Glastar (N722W), Summersville, WV, substantial damage. Probable cause: a loss of engine power due to a stuck carburetor float needle.

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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