# Incident 20080502837459I: Amtr GLASAIRIII, Lancaster, SC, May 2, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 2008, 16:54 local time
- Place: Lancaster, SC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7240° N, 80.7793° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lancaster, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7240&lon=-80.7793&mi=10
- Aircraft: N342MJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N342MJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Jenkins Myron GLASAIR III (registry code 0569192, https://openairdocs.org/model/jenkins-myron-glasair-iii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR GLASAIRIII
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1J5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080502837459I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  AIRCRAFT (A/C) DEPARTED LANCASTER SC AIRPORT (LQR) HEADING FOR FLORIDA.  AS A/C CLIMBED THROUGH 1500 FEET THE ENGINE QUIT.  THE PILOT ANNOUNCED ON CLT FREQUENCY THAT HE HAD LOST ENGINE POWER AND WAS GOING DOWN.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN THE CATAWBA RIVER.  MINOR DAMAGE TO A/C AND NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT, HIS WIFE AND THEIR TWO DOGS.

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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