# Incident 20051021027389I: Ryan ST3KR, Fontana, CA, October 21, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 2005, 15:30 local time
- Place: Fontana, CA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0922° N, 117.4350° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fontana, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0922&lon=-117.4350&mi=10
- Aircraft: N48742, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N48742) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ryan Aeronautical ST3KR (registry code 7830502, https://openairdocs.org/model/ryan-aeronautical-st3kr) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Kinner R5 series (registry code 37504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/kinner-r5-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RYAN ST3KR
- Reported engine: GLADEN R56
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 24,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051021027389I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED AFTER APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES OF FLIGHT THE ENGINE LOST POWER. PILOT LANDED IN A DIRT FIELD WITH NO DAMAGE OR INJURIES. PILOT WAS OPERATING AIRCRAFT FROM THE REAR SEAT OF A TWO SEAT (FORE AND AFT SEATING CONFIGURATION) COCKPIT. UPON EXAMINATION THE THROTTLE LINKAGE CONNECTING THE FRONT AND REAR CONTROLS HAD BECOME SEPARATED. THE BOLT, CASTLENUT AND COTTER PIN CONNECTING THE LINKAGE COULD NOT BE LOCATED.

## Other reports on N48742 (1)

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

- [Accident 20010824025769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010824025769A), Aug 24, 2001: Ryan ST3KR (N48742), Camarillo, CA, Substantial damage. (.19) On August 24, 2001, at 1820 hours pacific daylight time, a Ryan ST3KR, N48742, was substantially damaged during an off-airport emergency landing near…

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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