20160116003799I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Ginsberg Robert J VELOCITY 173 FXD GR · Apple Valley, CA · January 16, 2016

Date
January 16, 2016 · 10:25 local
Place
Apple Valley, CA
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N173BG
Reported as
Ginsberg Robert J Velocity 173 FXD GR
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
481 total110 in this make and model19 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

During climbout from hesperia airport (L32), the aircraft engine lost oil pressure and the engine quit running shortly afterward. The pilot made a distress call and landed the aircraft in an unpopulated desert area with no injuries and minor damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

DURING CLIMBOUT FROM HESPERIA AIRPORT (L32), THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE LOST OIL PRESSURE AND THE ENGINE QUIT RUNNING SHORTLY AFTERWARD. THE PILOT MADE A DISTRESS CALL AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN AN UNPOPULATED DESERT AREA WITH NO INJURIES AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.