# Incident 20171008022319I: Air Creation CLIPPER 582S, San Diego, CA, October 8, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 8, 2017, 08:59 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Ramona
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0392° N, 116.9153° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RAMONA (RNM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0392&lon=-116.9153&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5138J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5138J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Creation CLIPPER 582S (registry code 05901HK, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-creation-clipper-582s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 582SER (registry code 55556, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-582ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR CREATION CLIPPER 582S
- Reported engine: ROTAX 582
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 136 total, 136 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171008022319I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THAT 4 MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF THE ENGINE SHUT OFF. PILOT DID NOT BELIEVE HE CAN SAFELY RETURN TO A RUNWAY LANDING SO HE PICKED A SPOT IN AN OPEN FIELD AND LANDED SAFELY WITHOUT DAMAGING THE AIRCRAFT OR PROPERTY ON THE GROUND AND WITHOUT INJURING HIMSELF OR HIS PASSENGER.

## Other reports on N5138J (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20090408004099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090408004099A), Apr 8, 2009: Aircre CLIPPER582S (N5138J), Anacortes, WA, Substantial damage. (-23) On April 8, 2009, about 1900 pacific daylight time an air creation clipper 582S (trike), N5138J, experienced a partial loss of engine power during…

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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