# Incident 20030302002779I: Amtr TUNDRA, Lodi, CA, March 2, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 2, 2003, 14:30 local time
- Place: Lodi, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.1216° N, 121.2908° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lodi, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1216&lon=-121.2908&mi=10
- Aircraft: N264S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N264S-2019-06-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lawrence Jeff TUNDRA (registry code 056053B, https://openairdocs.org/model/lawrence-jeff-tundra) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR TUNDRA
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 10 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030302002779I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PIC DEPARTED LODI AIRPORT AND WAS OPERATED AT ALTITUDES BETWEEN 800 TO 1500 FEET. UPON DESCENT BACK TO LODI AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 900 FEET THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE POWER BEGAN TO SURGE. PIC ATTEMPTED TO STABILIZE POWER BY CYCLING THE FUEL BOOST PUMP, AND OPERATED THE THROTTLE AND CHOKE LEVER TO STABILIZE THE ENGINE. THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO SURGE AND THE PIC INITIATED A SHALLOW BANK TO THE EAST TO ATTEMPT A LANDING ON A HARD PACKED ROAD. AT APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET THE ENGINE FAILED BUT THE PROPELLER CONTINUED TO ROTATE. ON APPROACH THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO DRIFT TO THE LEFT. PIC WAS UNABLE TO REALIGN THE AIRCRAFT AND OPTED FOR A PARALLEL LEVEE. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY 6" BELOW THE TOP OF THE LEVEE BERM. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED AT A SLIGHTLY DIAGONAL PATH TO THE BERM ROAD AND DECELERATED RAPIDLY. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A REST AT THE BASE OF THE LEVEE BERM. NO INJURIES TO PIC OR PASSENGER. DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT WAS MINOR.

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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