# Accident 20130702012169A: Dorman Donald Thoresen BAKENG DUCE, Garden Valley, ID, July 2, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 2013, 08:00 local time
- Place: Garden Valley, ID
- Airport: Garden Valley
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0669° N, 115.9311° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0669&lon=-115.9311&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39796, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N39796-2018-02-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dorman Donald Thoresen BAKENG DUCE (registry code 05604R9, https://openairdocs.org/model/dorman-donald-thoresen-bakeng-duce) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DORMAN DONALD THORESEN BAKENG DUCE
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 486 total, 69 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR13LA304](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13LA304) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130702012169A

## Narrative

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

ON 02 JULY 2013 AT APPROXIMATELY 0800 MDT, AN EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT BAKENG DEUCE AIRCRAFT, N79396, PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, TOOK OFF FROM GARDEN VALLEY, ID (U88), RUNWAY 28.THE AIRCRAFT REACHED AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 750 FT AGL. THE ENGINE SEEMED TO BE LOSING RPM THEN THE ENGINE STOPPED. THE PILOT TURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO LAND ON THE RECIPROCAL RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT HIT BRUSH AND LOW TREES AND CRASHED JUST SHORT OF THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD. BOTH THE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER EXITED THE AIRCRAFT UNHURT.

## 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 WPR13LA304](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13LA304), Jul 2, 2013: Dorman Bakeng (N39796), Garden Valley, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: A mechanical failure of the oil cooler, which resulted in a complete loss of oil and engine power.

## Other reports on N39796 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20121107023409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121107023409I), Nov 7, 2012: Dorman Donald Thoresen BAKENG DUCE (N39796), Salt Lake City, UT, Minor damage. Pilot planed a short dvfr flight from slc to tvy. Shortly after departure from slc at approximately 10 west of slc and at about 5,500 MSL (1,300 AGL) he…

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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