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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr SH3R · Merced, CA · September 18, 2006

Date: September 18, 2006 · 13:00 local
Place: Merced, CA
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3QH
Reported as: Amtr SH3R
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 0 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N3QHRegistration cancelled Feb 12, 2008 · Blakley Richard L GLASAIR III SH 3RS/N 3179 Airframe modelBlakley Richard L GLASAIR III SH 3R Engine modelLycoming IO-540 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

(-23) #3 Electrical system failure in flight, depletion of aircraft battery and dedicated (emergency) battery. This a/c has dual electronic ignition system installed, therefore the complete loss of all electrical energy caused the engine failure and subsequent off airport landing. Note: this aircraft is certificated experimental amateur-built. No installation standard applies.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) #3 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE IN FLIGHT, DEPLETION OF AIRCRAFT BATTERY AND DEDICATED (EMERGENCY) BATTERY. THIS A/C HAS DUAL ELECTRONIC IGNITION SYSTEM INSTALLED, THEREFORE THE COMPLETE LOSS OF ALL ELECTRICAL ENERGY CAUSED THE ENGINE FAILURE AND SUBSEQUENT OFF AIRPORT LANDING. NOTE: THIS AIRCRAFT IS CERTIFICATED EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR-BUILT. NO INSTALLATION STANDARD APPLIES.