# Incident 20101101050699I: Beech 35-B33, Winchester, CA, November 1, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 1, 2010, 10:00 local time
- Place: Winchester, CA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7146° N, 117.0774° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Winchester, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7146&lon=-117.0774&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1793G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1793G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35-B33 (registry code 1151406, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35-b33) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35-B33
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 230 total, 90 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101101050699I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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