# Incident 20100313029699I: Leonard Wil RV-6, San Marcos, CA, March 13, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 13, 2010, 09:23 local time
- Place: San Marcos, CA
- Airport: Oceanside
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2179° N, 117.3517° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Oceanside Municipal Airport (OKB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2179&lon=-117.3517&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4VY, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4VY) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Leonard William D RV-6 (registry code 056158Z, https://openairdocs.org/model/leonard-william-d-rv-6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEONARD WIL RV-6
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR MAZDA
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 500 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100313029699I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED OCEANSIDE (OKB) ON 3/13/2010, FOR A  PLEASURE FLIGHT IN N4VY, AN EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT ACFT WITH PILOT PLUS ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD.PILOT ENTERED A WAYPOINT IN A HAND HELP GPS. PILOT'S HAND CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE "COLD START" SWITCH. (THIS SWITCH DOUBLES THE INJECTOR DURATION WHICH RESULTS IN AN EXTREMELY RICH MIXTURE). THE ENGINE SPUTTERED. THE ACFT WAS AT APPROXIMATELY 1100AGL. PILOT DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO COMPLETE EMERGENCY PROSEDURES BEFORE HE REALIZED HE HAD TO FIND A PLACE TO LAND. HE FLEW UNDER A TRAFFIC SIGNAL AND LANDED ON THE EAST BOUND LANE OF WEST SAN MARCOS BLVD. THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT STRIKE ANY VEHICLES ON THE GROUND. NO INJURIES NOTED. WHILE DRIVING BACK TO OKB, THE PILOT REALIZDE THE SWITCH MUST HAVE BEEN TRIPPED.HE RETURNED TO THE AIRCRAFT AND CONFIRMED IT HAD BEEN SWITCHED ON. HE REALIZES IF HE HAD MORE TIME, HE WOULD HAVE IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM BUT HE ALSO REALIZED THAT WHEN IT IS TIME TO FLY THE PLANE, FLY THE PLANE! THE EMBARRASMENT OF DEALING WITH THE NTSB, FAA & FELLOW PILOTS PLUS THE COST TO RELOCATE THE AIRCRAF,T WILL ENSURE THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN AGAIN.PILOT COUNSELED BY FAA INSPECTOR, ADDRESSING DISTRACTIONS WHILE FLYING.

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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