# Incident 20040717019639I: Amtr RV6, Salinas, CA, July 17, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 2004, 13:00 local time
- Place: Salinas, CA
- Airport: Salinas Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.6624° N, 121.6072° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SALINAS MUNI (SNS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6624&lon=-121.6072&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8GV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8GV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Vandeputte Gregory C RV-6 (registry code 05604FL, https://openairdocs.org/model/vandeputte-gregory-c-rv-6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-320 series (registry code 42389, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RV6
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,800 total, 160 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040717019639I

## Narrative

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

(-23) BASED ON A STATEMENT FROM THE PILOT, HE WAS INBOUND TO SALINAS AIRPORT (SNS) AT 5500 FEET MSL. WHEN HE REDUCED POWER FOR DESCENT TO SNS, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH. HE ACCOMPLISHED ENGINE OUT PROCEDURES AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH SNS TOWER. AT 2500 FEET MSL, THE ENGINE CEASED TO RUN AND THE PILOT ELECTED TO ACCOMPLISH AN OFF FIELD LANDING IN A NEARBY FIELD. EMERGENCY LANDING WAS SUCCESSFUL WITH NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE. AFTER LANDING THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THE PROP WOULD NOT SPIN, THERE WAS OIL ALL OVER THE BOTTOM OF THE AIRCRAFT, AND A CRACK OR HOLE ON THE TOP OF THE ENGINE CASE. THE PILOT ALSO DETAILED TO ME AN ACCOUNT OF CYLINDER HEAD TEMPERATURE AND OIL PRESSURE DURING THE FLIGHT THAT INDICATED ALL IN THE NORMAL AND EXPECTED RANGE OF OPERATION.

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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