# Incident 20070808017909I: Aerovd L39C, Mojave, CA, August 8, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2007, 15:30 local time
- Place: Mojave, CA
- Airport: Mojave
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0525° N, 118.1740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mojave, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0525&lon=-118.1740&mi=10
- Aircraft: N333MF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N333MF-2018-03-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Vodochody L39C (registry code 05620RN, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-vodochody-l39c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Ivchenko AL-25SERIES (registry code 34702, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ivchenko-al-25series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROVD L39C
- Reported engine: ZMDB AI25TL
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 30 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070808017909I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS PERFORMING A LOCAL FLIGHT FROM MOJAVE AIRPORT (MHV), MOJAVE, CA. AFTER APPROX 30 MINUTES OF FLIGHT, THE PILOT NOTICED THROTTLE BECOMING STICKY & ABNORMAL EGT READING. PERFORMED NORMAL LANDING AT MHV. AN ENGINE TAIL PIPE FIRE WAS NOTICED AT LANDING. MHV FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED ENGINE TAIL PIPE FIRE.

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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