# Incident 19990912031459I: Namer TB25N, Van Nuys, CA, September 12, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 1999, 07:52 local time
- Place: Van Nuys, CA
- Airport: Van Nuys Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2098° N, 118.4900° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VAN NUYS (VNY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2098&lon=-118.4900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8195H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8195H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: North American TB-25N (registry code 6400714, https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-tb-25n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Wright C14BB series (registry code 67031, https://openairdocs.org/engine/wright-c14bb-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAMER TB25N
- Reported engine: WRIGHT R260035
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,600 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990912031459I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED VAN NUYS AIRPORT, CLIMBED TO 3000 FEET AND ESTABLISHED CRUISE FLIGHT. APPROXIATELY 4 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT, THE LEFT ENGINE BACK-FIRED AND BEGAN TO LOSE POWER.  THE CREW VERTIFIED THE FAILING ENGINE, BEGAN SHUT DOWN PROCEDURES, NOTIFIED THE TOWER AND RETURNED TO VAN NUYS AIRPORT WITH THE LEFT ENGIN FEATHERED.  AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER PROBLEMS.  ENGINE PROBLEM WAS DETERMINED TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THE CARBURETOR.

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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