# Incident 19991106033319I: Maule M4220C, Sacramento, CA, November 6, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 6, 1999, 16:00 local time
- Place: Sacramento, CA
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5816° N, 121.4944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sacramento, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5816&lon=-121.4944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N11EN (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M4220C
- Reported engine: FRNKLN 6A350C1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 264 total, 145 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991106033319I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE ON DOWN WIND LEG FOR LANDING AT SAC. HE WAS UNABLE TO REACH THE AIRPORT AND WAS FORCED TO LAND ON JEFFERSON STREET IN WEST SACRAMENTO.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED A IDENTIFICATION STICKER FROM THE AIR FILTER WAS BLOCKING THE VENTURI IN THE MA-5 CARBURETOR.  REMOVED STICKER AND ENGINE OPERATED NORMAL.

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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