# Incident 20250719008679I: Wood Stephen GLASTAR, New Smyrna, FL, July 19, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 2025, 10:40 local time
- Place: New Smyrna, FL
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0503° N, 80.9331° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Smyrna, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0503&lon=-80.9331&mi=10
- Aircraft: N600FY, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N600FY) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Wood Stephen GLASTAR (registry code 056158V, https://openairdocs.org/model/wood-stephen-glastar) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WOOD STEPHEN GLASTAR
- Reported engine: AEROSPORT LYCOMING IO-320-D2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,151 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250719008679I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 19, 2025 AT APPROXIMATELY 0912 EST AN EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT, 2003 GLASTAR DEPARTED SPRUCE CREEK AIRPORT (7FL6), DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA WITH ONLY THE PILOT ON BOARD. THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED TO 1800 FEET MSL AND DURING STRAIGHT AND LEVEL FLIGHT, THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THE EXHAUST GAS TEMPERATURE (EGT) BEGAN TO FLUCTUATE, AND CONFIRMED THAT INDICATED FUEL PRESSURE, FUEL FLOW, OIL TEMPERATURE, AND OIL PRESSURE WERE WITHIN LIMITS.

AT APPROXIMATELY 0927 EST, THE ENGINE LOST POWER WITHOUT ANY AUDIBLE OR PHYSICAL INDICATION NOTED BY THE PILOT. THE PILOT VERIFIED FUEL FLOW STILL PRESENT TO THE ENGINE AND CHECKED THE MAG SWITCH AND VERFIED THE FUEL BOOST PUMP WAS TURNED ON AND THE ENGINE WOULD NOT START. THE PROPELLER STARTED WINDMILLING AND THE PILOT DETERMINED THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT ALTITUDE TO SAFELY LAND AT THE NEAREST AIRFIELD (COE FIELD). THE PILOT SURVEYED STATE ROAD 44 (SR-44) AND DETERMINED IT WAS SAFE TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AND SUBSEQUENTLY LANDED ON THE ROAD, THEN IMMEDIATELY TURNED INTO THE GRASS AREA OF THE DIVIDED HIGHWAY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OCCURRED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TRAILERED BACK TO A PRIVATE HANGAR AT 7FL6.

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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