# Incident 20000807035809I: Amtr SH2R, Encinintas, CA, August 7, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 2000, 16:20 local time
- Place: Encinintas, CA
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N26PB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N26PB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Jenkins/Decker SH-2R (registry code 05655ZL, https://openairdocs.org/model/jenkins-decker-sh-2r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41585, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SH2R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 621 total, 275 in this make and model, 115 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000807035809I

## Narrative

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

(-23)EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT DEPARTED PALOMAR AIRPORT, CARLSBAD, CA. FOR LOCAL FLIGHT. APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES IN THE FLIGHT, THE AIRCRAFT'S ENGINE LOST POWER.  THE PILOT INDICATED THAT THE POWER LOSS CAME WITHOUT ANY WARNING.  THE PILOT EXECUTED A LANDING ON THE SOUTHBOUND LANE OF THE I-5 FREEWAY SOUTH OF THE LEUCADIA EXIT IN THE CITY OF ENCINITAS.  THERE WAS NO INJURIES AND OR DAMAGE TO PERSONS, PROPERTY, OR THE AIRCRAFT.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED A MALFUNCTION IN THE AIRCRAFT'S FUEL SYSTEM RELATED TO THE FUEL CONTROL UNIT(FUEL INJECTED ENGINE).  FURTHER TESTS WILL BE CONDUCTED ON THE FUEL CONTROL UNIT TO DETERMINE THE MALFUNCTIONING COMPONENT BY A CERTIFIED REPAIR STATION.  THIS INCIDENT REPORT IS NOT RELATED TO ANY NMAC'S OR PILOT DEVIATIONS REPORTED BY ATC.

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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