# Incident 20000629035069I: Avions R2160, Mountain View, CA, June 29, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 2000, 11:35 local time
- Place: Mountain View, CA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3997° N, 122.0793° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mountain View, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3997&lon=-122.0793&mi=10
- Aircraft: N226AK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N226AK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Avions Pierre Robin PIERRE ROBIN R2160 (registry code 0960101, https://openairdocs.org/model/avions-pierre-robin-pierre-robin-r2160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AVIONS R2160
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2A
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 50 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/20000629035069I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON JUNE 29, 2000 AT APPROXIMATELY 1135 PDT AIRCRAFT N226AK AN AVIONS ROBIN MODEL R-2160 WAS PERFORMING AEROBATICS 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOFFETT FIELD CA.AIRPORT (NUQ) AT 3800FT WHEN AIRCRAFT SUBSTAINED A LOSS OF ALL POWER. PILOT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART ENGINE AND MADE A FORCED LANDING ON HIGHWAY 85.  WITH NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OR INJURIES TO THE PILOT.  NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

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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