# Incident 19960713024219I: Univac GC1B, Corona, CA, July 13, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 1996, 10:00 local time
- Place: Corona, CA
- Airport: Corona Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8977° N, 117.6024° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CORONA MUNI (AJO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8977&lon=-117.6024&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78300, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N78300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Temco GC-1B (registry code 9230108, https://openairdocs.org/model/temco-gc-1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C125 series (registry code 17011, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c125-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: UNIVAC GC1B
- Reported engine: CONT C1252
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,600 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960713024219I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1996, AT 1000 PDT LOWELL M. LEFTRIDGE, PIC AND OWNER OF GC-1-B, N78300, DEPARTED CORONA AIRPORT AFTER A BRIEF STOP FOR BREAKFAST TO HEAD HOME TO CABLE AIRPORT. AFTER TAKE-OFF, MR. LEFTRIDGE PUT HIS GEAR UP. AT 400 FEET AGL, MR. LEFTRIDGE STATED THAT HE STARTED LOSING POWER IN HIS ENGINE AND TURNED ON CARB HEAT, PLACED THE MIXTURE IN RICH AND LEAN POSITIONS WHILE SETTING THE AIRPLANE ON DOWNWIND. UPON TURNING BASE, MR. LEFTRIDGE STATED THAT HE LOST HIS ENGINE COMPLETELY AND LANDED IN A DIRT FIELD WITH GEAR UP. HE STATED THAT HE SLID APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET. AIRPLANE WAS DISASSEMBLED AND TRUCKED BACK TO CABLE AIRPORT. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, A WASP WAS FOUND IN THE FUEL VENT INTAKE. THIS INCIDENT INVESTIGATION IS NOW CLOSED.

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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