# Incident 19970322007069I: Amtrlt ZENITH, Corona, CA, March 22, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 22, 1997, 11:15 local time
- Place: Corona, CA
- Airport: Corona Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- 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: N444PZ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N444PZ-2023-06-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pinneo George G ZENAIR ZODIAC 601HDS (registry code 05628C1, https://openairdocs.org/model/pinneo-george-g-zenair-zodiac-601hds) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRLT ZENITH
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX912
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 315 total, 113 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970322007069I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1996 AT APPROXIMATELY 1115 PST, GEORGE G. PINNEO, PIC OF ZENAIR ZODIAC 6, N444PZ, LOST HIS ENGINE AND LANDED ONE AND A HALF MILES SHORT OF SKYLARK AIRPORT ON A DIRT ROAD. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT. MR. PINNEO DID NOT HAVE ANY PASSENGERS. MR. PINNEO NOTICED A LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE AND THE OIL WARNING LIGHT BEFORE HE LOST HIS ENGINE. UPON DECOWLING OF THE ENGINE, MR. PINNEO NOTICED THAT THE OIL FITTING ON THE OIL RADIATOR WAS CRACKED. HE WILL BE SHIPPING THE ENGINE TO A ROTAX DISTRIBUTOR. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N444PZ (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20210126003619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210126003619A), Jan 26, 2021: Pinneo George G ZENAIR ZODIAC 601HDS (N444PZ), Waller, TX, Substantial damage. Aircraft took off to the north on runway 35 from Skydive Houston Airport (37XA). During climb out at approximately 150-200 feet AGL the engine RPM cut out,…

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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