# Incident 19871128075979I: Amtrte TIERRA2, San Diego, CA, November 28, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 28, 1987, 09:45 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Brown Field Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5723° N, 116.9802° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BROWN FLD MUNI (SDM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5723&lon=-116.9802&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4487N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4487N-2013-02-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Nichols Jon O TIERRA II (registry code 05675LZ, https://openairdocs.org/model/nichols-jon-o-tierra-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRTE TIERRA2
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX503
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 400 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871128075979I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LOST POWER ON CLIMBOUT. MADE AN OFF FIELD LANDING. HAVING FUEL PROBLEM. VAPOR LOCK.

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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