# Incident 20090603019349I: Sonexl SONEX, Oceanside, CA, June 3, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 2009, 15:00 local time
- Place: Oceanside, CA
- Airport: Camp Pendleton Mcas (Munn Fiel
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1959° N, 117.3795° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oceanside, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1959&lon=-117.3795&mi=10
- Aircraft: N50069, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N50069) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sonex SONEX (registry code 059005E, https://openairdocs.org/model/sonex-sonex) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Jabiru 3300 (registry code 34801, https://openairdocs.org/engine/jabiru-3300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SONEXL SONEX
- Reported engine: JABIRU
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 250 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090603019349I

## Narrative

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

DURING THE SHORT FLIGHT FROM FALLBROOK AIRPARK TO OCEANSIDE AIRPORT, THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THE RT CHT GAUGE ROSE ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS.  BECAUSE THE AIRMAN WAS CLOSER TO CAMP PENDLETON AIRPORT AT THE TIME HIS INITIAL REACTION WAS TO HEAD FOR PENDLETON AND LAND THERE.  THE AIRMAN STATED THAT WHILE ALL THIS WAS GOING ON HE FAILED TO CONTACT CAMP PENDLETON'S AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER AND SUBSEQUENCLY FLEW INTO THEIR "CLASS D" AIRSPACE.  AS HE MADE DIFFERENT THROTTLE SERTTINGS THE PROBLEM SEEMED TO CLEAR UP.  THE AIRMAN DECIDED HE COULD MAKE IT TO OCEANSIDE SAFELY WHERE HE LANDED AND WAS CONTACTED BY THE CAMP PENDLETON TRAINING CHIEF.

## Other reports on N50069 (1)

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

- [Incident 20110404006689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110404006689I), Apr 4, 2011: Sonex Ltd SONEX (N50069), Oceanside, CA, Minor damage. Private pilot walsh said he worked on the carburator with a non-a&p mechanic all weekend prior to his incident. Walsh said that he and the mechanic friend…

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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