# Incident 20060716014879I: Amtr LONGEZ, Bellflower, MO, July 16, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 2006, 12:45 local time
- Place: Bellflower, MO
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0039° N, 91.3517° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bellflower, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0039&lon=-91.3517&mi=10
- Aircraft: N592BJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N592BJ-2021-10-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Wilson Joe G LONG EZ (registry code 05620QH, https://openairdocs.org/model/wilson-joe-g-long-ez) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-235-L2C (registry code 42035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-235-l2c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LONGEZ
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 121 total, 9 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060716014879I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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