# Accident 20160402021669A: Nokes Matthew LANCAIR IV P, Fallbrook, CA, April 2, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 2, 2016, 09:15 local time
- Place: Fallbrook, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3386° N, 117.1586° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3386&lon=-117.1586&mi=10
- Aircraft: N438Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N438Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Nokes Matthew LANCAIR IV P (registry code 05606ZF, https://openairdocs.org/model/nokes-matthew-lancair-iv-p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-550-E (registry code 17247, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-550-e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NOKES MATTHEW LANCAIR IV P
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-550-E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 5
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,760 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR16FA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16FA091) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160402021669A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED GILLESPIE FIELD (SEE) IN EL CAJON, CA, AND FLEW NORTH ENROUTE TO FRENCH VALLEY AIRPORT (F70) IN TEMECULA, CA WHEN IT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER.  WITNESSES SAID THAT THE PROPELLER WAS TURNING AS THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED, BUT SEEMED TO BE AT A LOW POWER SETTING.  WITNESSES SAID THAT THE ENGINE SEEMED TO BE RUNNING SMOOTHLY AS IT PASSED OVER A RADIO CONTROLLED AIRCRAFT LANDING FIELD NEARBY WITH THE FLAPS AND LANDING GEAR UP.  A MAN DRIVING NORTHBOUND ON THE FREEWAY STATED THAT THE ENGINE WAS SPUTTERING WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WENT OVER HIS TRUCK. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FAR RIGHT NORTHBOUND LANE OF THE FREEWAY WITH THE LANDING GEAR UP AND SKIDDED APPROXIMATELY 272 FEET, THEN BECAME AIRBORNE FOR ANOTHER 308 FEET BEFORE IMPACTING THE REAR OF A VEHICLE STOPPED ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD.  MARKS WERE FOUND IN THE ROAD SURFACE  INDICATING THAT THE PROPELLER WAS TURNING.  THE AIRCRAFT MADE A GEAR-UP LANDING ALONG THE SHOULDER OF THE NORTH BOUND LANE OF INTERSTATE 15 JUST NORTH OF HIGHWAY 76 NEAR FALLBROOK, CA AND STRUCK THE REAR OF A CAR THAT WAS PARKED ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD.  ONE OCCUPANT OF THE CAR WAS KILLED AND THREE OTHERS WERE INJURED.  THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER OF THE AIRCRAFT WERE ALSO INJURED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 WPR16FA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16FA091), Apr 2, 2016: Nokes Matthew Lancair IV P (N438Y), Fallbrook, CA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: A loss of engine power during cruise for reasons that could not be determined because examination of the airplane did not reveal any anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.

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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