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FAA incident report · Amtr LONG EZ · Bellflower, MO · July 16, 2006

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Date
July 16, 2006 · 12:45 local
Place
Bellflower, MO
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N592BJ
Reported as
Amtr Longez
Reported engine
Lycoming O235L2C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
121 total9 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days
N592BJRegistration cancelled Oct 30, 2021 · Wilson Joe G LONG EZS/N 1512 · Built 1992Airframe modelWilson Joe G LONG EZEngine modelLycoming O-235-L2C4 cycle

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What happened

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

(-23) On July 16, 2006 at approximately 12:45 local time, the pilot privacy data omitted made an emergency landing on montgomery county road, route dd just outside the town of Bellflower, MO. The pilot privacy data omitted was flying his experimental amateur built model joe g. wilson long ez, registration #N592BJ, s/n 1512 when his engine quit running after just having switched over to his left hand wing fuel tank. Based on an interview with the pilot privacy data omitted, the pilot privacy data omitted explained that the main fuel line "t" fitting that goes to the carburetor failed, this fitting is made out of steel. This "t" fitting is the main in-line fuel fitting which also has another fitting installed in it and is used for the fuel pressure sensore and the primer line for starting. This fitting was made out of brass and is what had failed. The failure point was in the threaded area of the fitting. The pilot privacy data omitted stated that he intentionally left the nose landing gear retracted in order to facilitate a quicker and shorter stopping distance. The aircraft only received minor fiberglass damage to the nose section of the fuselage.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON JULY 16, 2006 AT APPROXIMATELY 12:45 LOCAL TIME, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON MONTGOMERY COUNTY ROAD, ROUTE DD JUST OUTSIDE THE TOWN OF BELLFLOWER, MO. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY D^ WAS FLYING HIS EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT MODEL JOE G. WILSON LONG EZ, REGISTRATION #N592BJ, S/N 1512 WHEN HIS ENGINE QUIT RUNNING AFTER JUST HAVING SWITCHED OVER TO HIS LEFT HAND WING FUEL TANK. BASED ON AN INTERVIEW WITH THE PILOT ^PRIVACY D^, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY D^ EXPLAINED THAT THE MAIN FUEL LINE "T" FITTING THAT GOES TO THE CARBURETOR FAILED, THIS FITTING IS MADE OUT OF STEEL. THIS "T" FITTING IS THE MAIN IN-LINE FUEL FITTING WHICH ALSO HAS ANOTHER FITTING INSTALLED IN IT AND IS USED FOR THE FUEL PRESSURE SENSORE AND THE PRIMER LINE FOR STARTING. THIS FITTING WAS MADE OUT OF BRASS AND IS WHAT HAD FAILED. THE FAILURE POINT WAS IN THE THREADED AREA OF THE FITTING. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY D^ STATED THAT HE INTENTIONALLY LEFT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED IN ORDER TO FACILITATE A QUICKER AND SHORTER STOPPING DISTANCE. THE AIRCRAFT ONLY RECEIVED MINOR FIBERGLASS DAMAGE TO THE NOSE SECTION OF THE FUSELAGE.