# Incident 20040602008609I: Amtr MURPHYREBEL, San Jose, CA, June 2, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 2, 2004, 10:30 local time
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Airport: Reid-Hillview Of Santa Clara
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3329° N, 121.8198° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at REID-HILLVIEW OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY (RHV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3329&lon=-121.8198&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7229N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7229N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mccracken Donald D MURPHY REBEL (registry code 05604XA, https://openairdocs.org/model/mccracken-donald-d-murphy-rebel) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR MURPHYREBEL
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 395 total, 395 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040602008609I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS HAVING A PROBLEM WITH A NEW ELECTRONIC IGNITION SYSTEM IN HIS AIRCRAFT. A NEW CONTROL UNIT AND MAGNITOS WERE INSTALLED AND TESTED GOOD. ON THE DAY OF FLIGHT THE SYSTEM CHECKED NORMAL DURING THE PREFLIGHT AND ELECTED TO FLY THE AIRPLANE IN THE PATTERN FOR A REVIEW. TAKE-OFF AND PATTERN WAS NORMAL TO A TOUCH AND GO. DURING DEPARTURE AT ABOUT 200-300 AGL THE ENGINE BACKFIRED AND SURGED AND THEN LOST POWER. HE ELECTED TO LAND IN THE GRASSY RUNWAY OVERRUN AREA OF 32R.

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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