# Incident 20050720017729I: Tcraft BC65, Bakersfield, CA, July 20, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 2005, 09:54 local time
- Place: Bakersfield, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.3733° N, 119.0187° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bakersfield, CA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3733&lon=-119.0187&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21223, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N21223) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Taylorcraft BC-65 (registry code 8850306, https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bc-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TCRAFT BC65
- Reported engine: CONT A65*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050720017729I

## Narrative

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

(-23) N21223 WAS ON A VFR FLIGHT FROM KBFL TO KMHV. AFTER DEPARTING KBFL AND CLIMBING THROUGH APPROX. 5000' MSL, THE ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH FOLLOWED BY ENGINE FAILURE. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO GLIDE TO A PRIVATE AIRPORT BUT ELECTED TO LAND IN AN ORCHARD OF NEW SMALL TREES WHEN HE DETERMINED HE DID NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT ALTITUDE. THE AIRCRAFT RIGHT WING TIP SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE WHEN IT STRUCK A TREE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TEST FLOWN THE DAY BEFORE THIS FLIGHT FOR APPROXIMATELY 20 MIN. WITH NO NOTED PROBLEMS. INVESTIGATION BY THE PILOT/MECHANIC FOUND WATER AND FOREIGN MATERIAL CONTAMINATION IN THE FUEL GASCOLATOR., GASCOLATOR SCREEN, CARBURETOR INLET SCREEN AND THE CARBURETOR BOWL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN STORED OUTSIDE FOR THE PREVIOUS 3 TO 4 MONTHS.

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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