# Incident 20160917025119I: Raytheon Aircraft Company A36, Desert Center, CA, September 17, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 2016, 02:57 local time
- Place: Desert Center, CA
- Airport: Desert Center
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7477° N, 115.3252° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DESERT CENTER (CN64), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7477&lon=-115.3252&mi=10
- Aircraft: N689C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N689C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raytheon A36 (registry code 7150001, https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY A36
- Reported engine: CONTINENTIAL  MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,850 total, 1,675 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160917025119I

## Narrative

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

30 MINUTES INTO FLIGHT THE PILOT  CONTACTED LA CENTER AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. N689C HAD AN ENGINE FAILURE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED SAFELY IN DESERT CENTER.

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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