# Incident 20161230021219I: Boswell Carter H Jr GLASSAIR II RG, Arlington, WA, December 30, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 2016, 13:30 local time
- Place: Arlington, WA
- Airport: Arlington Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.1608° N, 122.1590° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ARLINGTON MUNI (AWO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.1608&lon=-122.1590&mi=10
- Aircraft: N131CB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N131CB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boswell Carter H JR GLASSAIR II RG (registry code 05604EW, https://openairdocs.org/model/boswell-carter-h-jr-glassair-ii-rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-B1E (registry code 41860, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-b1e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOSWELL CARTER H JR GLASSAIR II RG
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161230021219I

## Narrative

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

THIS OFFICE AND MYSELF WERE NOTIFIED AT APPROXIMATELY 1430 12/30/2016 OF AN INCIDENT JUST OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY IN A FIELD AT ARLINGTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. AIRCRAFT HAD LANDED IN THE FIELD AND THE RIGHT GEAR HAD COLLAPSED AFTER LANDING. PILOT REPORTED HE HAD TEST FLOWN THE AIRCRAFT THE PREVIOUS DAY WITH NO ISSUES. THE TEST FLIGHTS WERE FOR SOME RECENT MAJOR ENGINE WORK. ALL SYSTEMS INDICATED NORMAL DURING THE SECOND PART OF TEST FLIGHT. HE HAD PURPOSELY STAYED CLOSE TO THE AIRPORT DURING THE FLIGHTS. AT APPROXIMATELY 4000MSL AFTER ABOUT 17 MINUTES OF FLIGHT HE LOST POWER. ENGINE SHUT DOWN AND HE HAD NO ELECTRICAL POWER. HE PROCEEDED TO GO THROUGH POWER LOSS CHECK LIST PROCEDURES AS HE HAD PLENTY OF TIME. HE COULD NOT GET THE ENGINE RESTARTED. HE WENT THROUGH THE CHECKLIST AGAIN. HE STILL COULD NOT GET THE ENGINE RESTARTED. AFTER LOWERING THE GEAR HE REALIZED HE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE THE RUNWAY SO HE MADE THE CHOICE AT THAT TIME TO LAND IN THE FARMERS FIELD. HE COMPLETED HIS EMERGENCY CHECKLIST AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES TO ANYONE. NO DAMAGE TO ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE RIGHT HAND LANDING GEAR SIDE BRACE BROKE WHEN THE LEFT GEAR CAUGHT IN SOME SOFT MUDDY AREA.

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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