20180827024159A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Hyneman Michael GLASAIR-SUPER-2SRG · Yuma, AZ · August 27, 2018

Date
August 27, 2018 · 10:36 local
Place
Yuma, AZ
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N8162H
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR18LA250
Reported as
Hyneman Michael GLASAIR-SUPER-2SRG
Reported engine
Superior XP-IO-361-J1HD2
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

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.

On 8-27-2018 while at cruise 9500AGL pilot encountered an alternator switch problem and ultimately lost power which caused him to land short of the Yuma airport, the pilot was not injured and the aircraft landed on its belly ending up in the Yuma fairgrounds parking lot.

As the FAA filed it

ON 8-27-2018 WHILE AT CRUISE 9500AGL PILOT ENCOUNTERED AN ALTERNATOR SWITCH PROBLEM AND ULTIMATELY LOST POWER WHICH CAUSED HIM TO LAND SHORT OF THE YUMA AIRPORT, THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON ITS BELLY ENDING UP IN THE YUMA FAIRGROUNDS PARKING LOT.

NTSB investigation

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