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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Pack James RV-9A · Joshua Tree, CA · March 18, 2017

Date
March 18, 2017 · 16:00 local
Place
Joshua Tree, CA
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N820LP
Reported as
Pack James RV-9A
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
270 total10 in this make and model25 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.

Pilot bought airplane (homebuilt). Flying home engine lost power req'd for sustained flight. Elected to land on road in Joshua Tree nat'l park. No injuries, no damage. Clogged fuel injector.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT BOUGHT AIRPLANE (HOMEBUILT). FLYING HOME ENGINE LOST POWER REQ'D FOR SUSTAINED FLIGHT. ELECTED TO LAND ON ROAD IN JOSHUA TREE NAT'L PARK. NO INJURIES, NO DAMAGE. CLOGGED FUEL INJECTOR.