# Incident 20170812017059I: Myers William C MYERS GLASAIR, Kayenta, AZ, August 12, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 2017, 20:26 local time
- Place: Kayenta, AZ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7173° N, 110.2604° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kayenta, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7173&lon=-110.2604&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40PS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40PS-2020-12-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Myers William C MYERS GLASAIR (registry code 05691AF, https://openairdocs.org/model/myers-william-c-myers-glasair) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MYERS WILLIAM C MYERS GLASAIR
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,464 total, 47 in this make and model, 57 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170812017059I

## Narrative

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

08/12/2017 2026PDT; 0326Z, N40PS, 1991 MYERS WILLIAM C, GLASAIR SERIAL# 316, AIRCRAFT LOST ENGINE POWER, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND MADE A FORCED LANDING ON AN INDIAN RESERVATION ROAD 70 EAST OF KAYENTA . 1-POB, 0-INJURIES, MINOR-DAMAGE TO LANDING GEAR.   FLIGHT ROUTE FROM EVENINGTON, WYOMING, AIPORT (EVW) TO SAFFORD AIRPORT (SAD).

A SIDE LOAD OCCURRED TO THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSING IT AND CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO VEER OFF THE ROAD INTO AN EMBANKMENT COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR. THE #1 CYLINDER WAS RUNNING A LITTLE HOT THE PILOT STATED AND SO HE ENRICHED THE MIXTURE TO COOL IT OFF AND THEN ABOUT 15 MINUTES LATER THE CYLINDER MISS FIRED AND CAUSE THE ENGINE TO LOSS OIL PRESSURE. IT WAS OBSERVED THAT OIL EMPTIED OUT OF THE OIL CRANKCASE BREATHIER DUE TO THE PRESSURIZATION OF THE CRANKCASE WHICH COULD BE CAUSED BY PISTON RING FAILURE. FURTHER ANALYSIS WILL BE DONE WITH THE #1 CYLINDER BY THE OWNER IF AIRCRAFT DOES NOT GET TOTALED OUT THROUGH INSURANCE.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED IN A THEFT ATTEMPT ON INDIAN RESERVATION LAND.  PHOTOS WERE TAKEN PRIOR TO THE THEFT SO THAT DAMAGE COULD BE SEPARATED FROM BOTH EVENTS.  MOST OF THE DAMAGE OCCURRED FROM THE THEFT OF THE AIRCRAFT NOT THE ACTUALLY LOSS OF POWER EVENT.

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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