# Incident 20060531009769I: Amtr RV8, Salinas, CA, May 31, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 2006, 16:00 local time
- Place: Salinas, CA
- Airport: Salinas Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- 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: N878DZ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N878DZ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Randolph William D VANS RV8 (registry code 05617OX, https://openairdocs.org/model/randolph-william-d-vans-rv8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-A1A (registry code 41594, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-a1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RV8
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,900 total, 500 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060531009769I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA^ THE OWNER AND PILOT OF THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED WATSONVILLE AIRPORT (WVI) AND FLEW OVER SALINAS AIRPORT, AND WAS RETURNING TO WATSONVILLE AIRPORT WHEN HE EXPERIENCED TROUBLE CONTROLLING THE PROPELLER. AFTER CHECKING THE OIL PRESSURE HE CONCLUDED HE WAS LOSING OIL, SOON AFTER THE AIRCRAFT'S PROPELLER STOPPED. HE STATED HE ELECTED TO LAND AT SALINAS AIRPORT. AFTER TURNING FINAL FOR RUNWAY 13 AT SALINAS, HE STATED HE DID NOT THINK HE COULD MAKE THE RUNWAY AND ELECTED TO LAND IN AN OPEN FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT LANDING GEAR.

## Other reports on N878DZ (1)

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

- [Accident 20200304010429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200304010429A), Mar 4, 2020: Randolph William D VANS RV8 (N878DZ), Harrison, OH, Substantial damage. On March 4, 2020, at approximately 2:05 p.m. eastern daylight time (1905 zulu), a vans RV8, N878DZ inadvertently left the right side of runway 19 at the…

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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