# Incident 20120103005269I: Aeropro Cz A220, Petaluma, CA, January 3, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 2012, 16:45 local time
- Place: Petaluma, CA
- Airport: Petaluma
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2578° N, 122.6053° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PETALUMA MUNI (O69), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2578&lon=-122.6053&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8119, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8119) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeropro CZ A220 (registry code 060006W, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeropro-cz-a220) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROPRO CZ A220
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120103005269I

## Narrative

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

ON 1/3/2012 AT 16:45 PST, AIRMAN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, PIC OF AN  AEROTREK A220 WAS OBSERVED BY CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL AIRBORNE UNIT,  OFFICERS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, OF THE GOLDEN GATE DIVISION, AIR OPERATION UNIT 314,  FLYING AT UNSAFE LOW ALTITUDES, AT TIMES AS LOW AS 50 FEET, OVER AUTOMOBILE TRAFFIC ON SR-47 IN SONOMA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. IN THE SAME FLIGHT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ALSO OBSERVED PERFORMING AEROBATIC MANEUVERS IN A NON- AEROBATIC CATAGORY AIRCRAFT AT ALTITUDES AS LOW AS 300 FEET AGL. CHP AIR UNIT FOLLOWED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TO HIS HOME AIRPORT AND CONFRONTED HIM OUTSIDE HIS HANGAR. THE OFFICERS IMEDIATELY SMELLED ALCOHOL COMING FROM ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THEY CALLED SANTA ROSA CHP FOR FIELD SOBRIETY TESTING ASSISTANCE. CHP OFFICERS DETERMINED THAT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL AND CONSEQUENTLY ARRESTED, CITED AND RELEASED HIM TO THE CARE OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OF SONOMA CALIFORNIA.

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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