20061001020589A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Amtr GLASAIR II-S · Richland, WA · October 1, 2006

Date
October 1, 2006 · 13:30 local
Place
Richland, WA
Airport
Richland Airport
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N204BL
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA07LA001
Reported as
Amtr Glasairiis
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360LYC*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,500 total150 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

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) Aircraft departed Richland runway 19. At takeoff power at 1000' AGL the engine shuttered slightly, then slowly lost power to approximately 25% power. Pilot could not control engine, and did not feel anything unusual in engine controls. Pilot made emergency landing one mile south of airport in field striking trees on rollout and substantially damaging aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RICHLAND RUNWAY 19. AT TAKEOFF POWER AT 1000' AGL THE ENGINE SHUTTERED SLIGHTLY, THEN SLOWLY LOST POWER TO APPROXIMATELY 25% POWER. PILOT COULD NOT CONTROL ENGINE, AND DID NOT FEEL ANYTHING UNUSUAL IN ENGINE CONTROLS. PILOT MADE EMERGENCY LANDING ONE MILE SOUTH OF AIRPORT IN FIELD STRIKING TREES ON ROLLOUT AND SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGING AIRCRAFT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.