# Incident 20131124022369I: Carey Joel E QUICKSILVER MXL SPRT, Discovery Bay, CA, November 24, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 24, 2013, 15:18 local time
- Place: Discovery Bay, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9081° N, 121.5972° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Discovery Bay, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9081&lon=-121.5972&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4358Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4358Z-2018-03-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Carey Joel E QUICKSILVER MXL SPRT (registry code 056760H, https://openairdocs.org/model/carey-joel-e-quicksilver-mxl-sprt) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CAREY JOEL E QUICKSILVER MXL SPRT
- Reported engine: BOMBARDIER ROTAX (ALL)
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 400 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131124022369I

## Narrative

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

N4358Z, EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT AIRCRAFT,  DEPARTED RIO VISTA AIRPORT  AT 1450 WITH ONE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER ON A RECREATIONAL FLIGHT  OVER THE DELTA WATER WAYS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY.

WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND ROLLED BACK TO IDLE WITH NO RESPONSE FROM THROTTLE CHANGES.

PIC DETERMINED THAT THEY COULD NOT MAINTAIN ALTITUDE AND MADE AN UNSCHEDULED EMERGENCY LANDING ON A REED COVERED ISLAND IN THE RIVER CHANNEL JUST NORTH OF BRADFORD ISLAND.

THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE AFTER A SHORT APPROACH OVER THE REEDS. INITIAL REPORT FROM THE PIC AND PASSENGER INDICATES THAT THERE WERE MINOR INJURIES AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N4358Z (1)

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

- [Accident 20040828035239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040828035239A), Aug 28, 2004: Amtr QUICKSLVERII (N4358Z), Rio Vista, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) During low cruise airraft wing struck tall bamboo bushes causing acft to lose control and strike road. (Reconstructed report) FSDO didn't investigate.

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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