# Incident 20070620014409I: Szd SZD45AOGAR, Baker, CA, June 20, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 2007, 13:45 local time
- Place: Baker, CA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2769° N, 116.0717° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Baker, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2769&lon=-116.0717&mi=10
- Aircraft: N141AS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N141AS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pdps Pzl-Bielsko SZD-45A OGAR (registry code 8822002, https://openairdocs.org/model/pdps-pzl-bielsko-szd-45a-ogar) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Revmaster 2100 (registry code 52550, https://openairdocs.org/engine/revmaster-2100) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SZD SZD45AOGAR
- Reported engine: AMTRVW VW2100VOLKS
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,250 total, 25 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070620014409I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 20, 2007 PILOT OF N141AS INITIATED A VFR FLIGHT FROM SKYLARK FIELD (CA89) TO JEAN AIRPORT (0L7) WITH FUEL STOP AT APPLE VALLEY AIRPORT (KAPV) TO DELIVER MOTORGLIDER. APPROXIMATELY 10AM LOCAL TIME PILOT DEPARTD FROM SKYLARK FIELD (CA89) TO APPLE VALLEY AIRPORT (KAPV), DURING THIS FLIGHT ENGINE WAS RUNNING ROUGH ON CLIMB-OUT FOR APPROX. 15-20 SECONDS, PILOT CIRCLED AIRFIELD AND ADJUSTED MIXTURE AND THE ENGINE BEGAN TO CLEAN UP. PILOT LANDED AT APPLE VALLEY AIRPORT (KAPV). PILOT DEPARTED APPLE VALLEY AIRPORT AND WAS HEADED TO JEAN AIRPORT CRUISING ALTITUDE AT 7500 FEET STARTING TO CLIMB TO 9500 FEET WHEN THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH. PILOT ADJUSTED MIXTURE WITH NO IMPROVEMENTS WHEN THE ENGINE FAILED. PILOT TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO RESTART ENGINE WITH NO RESULTS. AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO DROP IN ALTITUDE AND PILOT LOOKED FOR THE SAFEST PLACE TO LAND, WHICH WAS 15 MILES WEST ON I-15 ON THE NORTHBOUND LANE. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH NO DAMAGE OR INJURIES NOTED. NO POST FIRE UPON LANDING.

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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