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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-181 · Carlsbad, CA · June 6, 2016

Date
June 6, 2016 · 11:00 local
Place
Carlsbad, CA
Airport
Mc Clellan-Palomar
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N366CA
Reported as
Piper PA-28-181
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 SER A&C
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

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.

After climb out from oceanside airport while flying the ILS approach back to Carlsbad crq the pilot experienced engine roughness. The roughness was severe enough to declare an emergency. Before the call was made the pilot experienced a complete loss of electrical power. Unable to communicate with ATC they continued

On to Carlsbad crq then spiraled down to loose altitude and follow instructions from signal light. Landed at Carlsbad crq without incident and was towed to parking.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER CLIMB OUT FROM OCEANSIDE AIRPORT WHILE FLYING THE ILS APPROACH BACK TO CARLSBAD CRQ THE PILOT EXPERIENCED ENGINE ROUGHNESS. THE ROUGHNESS WAS SEVERE ENOUGH TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. BEFORE THE CALL WAS MADE THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER. UNABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH ATC THEY CONTINUED

ON TO CARLSBAD CRQ THEN SPIRALED DOWN TO LOOSE ALTITUDE AND FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM SIGNAL LIGHT. LANDED AT CARLSBAD CRQ WITHOUT INCIDENT AND WAS TOWED TO PARKING.