# Incident 20131213024239I: Ryan NAVION, Bartow, FL, December 13, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 13, 2013, 12:30 local time
- Place: Bartow, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.8964° N, 81.8431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bartow, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.8964&lon=-81.8431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91486, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N91486-2018-04-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ryan NAVION (registry code 6150160, https://openairdocs.org/model/ryan-navion) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RYAN NAVION
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR E185 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 571 total, 551 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131213024239I

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 13 2013 PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FLYING A NAVION N91486 IN THE LOCAL AREA OF BARTOW MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (BOW). WHILE FLYING THE ENGINE STARTED TO LOSE POWER RUNNING ROUGH THE PILOT TRIED TO REGAIN THE ENGINE POWER TO AVAIL. BY THIS TIME HE WAS OVER LAKE HANCOCK NEAR BARTOW MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (BOW). THE AIRCRAFT NOT ABLE MAKE IT BACK TO THE AIRPORT (BOW) THE PILOT DECIDED TO DITCH AIRCRAFT IN LAKE HANCOCK. PILOT EGRESS THE AIRCRAFT AND PICK UP BY AN AMPHIBIOUS AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES AND TRANSPORTED BACK TO BARTOW MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (BOW). POST INCIDENTS INVESTIGATION REVEALED NO SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE OCCURRED. IN A STATEMENT PROVIDED BY THE PILOT AND METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS OF THE DAY POSSIBLY OF CARBURETOR ICING COULD HAVE OCCURRED DURING FLIGHT CAUSING THE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER.

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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