# Incident 20161013020079I: Whidden Cm/Boggs Jf GREGA GN-1 AIRCAMPER, Great Salt Lake, UT, October 13, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 13, 2016, 12:27 local time
- Place: Great Salt Lake, UT
- Airport: Skypark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8681° N, 111.9275° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SKYPARK (BTF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8681&lon=-111.9275&mi=10
- Aircraft: N51781, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N51781-2019-04-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Whidden Cm/Boggs JF GREGA GN-1 AIRCAMPER (registry code 05902PB, https://openairdocs.org/model/whidden-cm-boggs-jf-grega-gn-1-aircamper) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A-65-8 (registry code 17329, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-65-8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WHIDDEN CM/BOGGS JF GREGA GN-1 AIRCAMPER
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR A-65-8
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161013020079I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT HAD A LOSS OF POWER AND THE ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING WHILE FLYING OVER THE GREAT SALT LAKE.  PILOT GLIDED AND DITCHED THE AIRCRAFT IN THE GREAT SALT LAKE.

PILOT STATED, "AT WHAT APPEARED TO BE HALF WAY ACROSS THE LAKE THE ENGINE QUIT. I HAD BEEN FLYING FOR APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUETS.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT EQUIPPED WITH A STARTER THEREFORE NO RESTART WAS ATTEMPTED.  A TURN BACK TO THE ISLAND WAS NOT AN OPTION SO I CONTINUED AHEAD AND PULLED THE NOSE UP TO WHAT I CONSIDERED THE BEST GLIDE SPEED BIASED UPON POWER OFF PRACTICE IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN."

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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