# Accident 20130105000189A: Jeremiah Jackson VANS RV-10, Julian, CA, January 5, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 5, 2013, 13:00 local time
- Place: Julian, CA
- Airport: Ramona
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0025° N, 116.7181° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0025&lon=-116.7181&mi=10
- Aircraft: N262NJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N262NJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Jeremiah Jackson VANS RV-10 (registry code 05632DM, https://openairdocs.org/model/jeremiah-jackson-vans-rv-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41585, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: JEREMIAH JACKSON VANS RV-10
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,798 total, 6 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR13LA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13LA085) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130105000189A

## Narrative

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

AT 1040 HRS, ACFT DEPARTED RNM FOR 4TH TEST FLIGHT. AT 1245 HRS, APPROX 22NM FROM RNM AT 8500FT ASL, PILOT OBSERVED RAPID DROP AND LOW OIL PRESSURE(5PSI).PILOT DECLARED EMERGENCY. AT 1250 HRS, OIL PRESSURE OBSERVED AT 0 PSI FOLLOWED BY ENGINE SIEZURE. AT 1255 HRS,ACFT DECENDS TO 1000 FT AGL. AT 1256 HRS, PILOT OBSERVES AND FOLLOWS DIRT ROAD AVOIDING TREES AND PARKED CARS. PLANE HITS GROUND ON STEEP EMBANKMENT SHEARING NOSE WHEEL AND BENDING MAIN GEAR. PLANE REMAINS UPRIGHT, NO FUEL LEAKS OR FIRE. PILOT OPENS DOOR AND DEPARTS ACFT, RETRIEVES HAND HELD RADIO AND NOTIFYS TOWER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR13LA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13LA085), Jan 5, 2013: Jeremiah Jackson Vans RV-10 (N262NJ), Julian, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to oil starvation as a result of a disconnected oil line. Contributing to the accident was an insufficiently tightened oil line fitting.

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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