# Incident 20061002024389I: Amtr VSTAR, Elkins, WV, October 2, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 2, 2006, 12:00 local time
- Place: Elkins, WV
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9241° N, 79.8543° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Elkins, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9241&lon=-79.8543&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21EM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N21EM-2019-10-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maurer Elmo A V-STAR SA900 (registry code 8660811, https://openairdocs.org/model/maurer-elmo-a-v-star-sa900) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR VSTAR
- Reported engine: LYC O290D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,900 total, 45 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061002024389I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT AFTER SWITCHING FUEL TANKS, THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE AND ELECTED TO DIVERT TO KEKN. SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE ENGINE CEASED TO RUN. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE REALIZED HE WOULD NOT MAKE THE INTENDED AIRPORT AND MADE AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING IN A FIELD WITH RISING TERRAIN. DURING THE LANDING THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR.

## Other reports on N21EM (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20171103019049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171103019049A), Nov 3, 2017: Maurer Elmo A V-STAR SA900 (N21EM), Erwinna, PA, Destroyed. The airman stated that he was doing practice takeoff and landings. The airman remembers doing one take off and landing. The next thing the airman remembers is…

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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