# Incident 20051001023399I: Piper J3, Byron, CA, October 1, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 1, 2005, 13:10 local time
- Place: Byron, CA
- Airport: Byron Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8284° N, 121.6258° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BYRON (C83), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8284&lon=-121.6258&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6711H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6711H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J-3 (registry code 7100502, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J3
- Reported engine: CONT C8512F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 644 total, 37 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051001023399I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED LVK ENROUTE TO C83 AND CLIMBED TO 2600 FEET. OUTSIDE BRUSHY PEAK PILOT CALLED C83, REQUESTING AIRPORT ADVISORIES AND MADE A SMALL REDUCTION IN THE POWER SETTING. DESCENDING THROUGH 1800 FEET PILOT REDUCED POWER TO 2100 RPM AND ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH. PILOT APPLIED CARBURETOR HEAT, CHECKED MAGNETOS SETTINGS, VERIFIED FUEL SELECTOR WAS IN FULL POSITION BUT TO NO AVAIL, THE ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING AND PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, ESTABLISHED BEST GLIDE AT 45 MPH, REVIEWED EMERGENCY CHECK LIST AND LANDED IN A CLEAR AREA WEST OF C83, AND TOUCHED DOWN IN THE GRASS AREA, SUSTAINING MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. POST LVK WEATHER REPORTS VERIFY SERIOUS ICING CONDITIONS FOR CARBURETOR ICING AT GLIDE POWER.

## Other reports on N6711H (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20021117031819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021117031819I), Nov 17, 2002: Piper J3 (N6711H), Byron, CA, Minor damage. (-23) During take off from a private dirt/grass runway, aircraft hit an unseen hole in the runway. In flight pilot observed that the left tire was out of…

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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