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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Beech 35-B33 · Winchester, CA · November 1, 2010

Date
November 1, 2010 · 10:00 local
Place
Winchester, CA
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N1793G
Reported as
Beech 35-B33
Reported engine
Continental I0-470 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
230 total90 in this make and model90 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot stated while on descent to french valley airport. He switch fuel tank and encountered a vapor lock. Aircraft lost power and an emergency landing was initiated. No damage to aircraft and no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED WHILE ON DESCENT TO FRENCH VALLEY AIRPORT. HE SWITCH FUEL TANK AND ENCOUNTERED A VAPOR LOCK. AIRCRAFT LOST POWER AND AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS INITIATED. NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES.