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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · David Buser AIRBIKE · Ramona, CA · November 20, 2017

Date
November 20, 2017 · 09:37 local
Place
Ramona, CA
Airport
Ramona Airport
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N677DW
Reported as
David Buser Airbike
Reported engine
ROTAX 447
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
340 total18 in this make and model10 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.

N677DW departed rnm at 08:05 local time climb to 4200 ft AGL set aircraft to cruise flight. At approximately 09:25 local time pilot switched fuel selector to left wing tank, no abnormal condtions observed. At approximately 09:30 local time the aircrafts engine quits running. Pilot could not restart the engine the pilot declared and emergency with rnm tower and landed in a field one mile from the airfield. Intial inspection of the internal workings of the Rotax series 447 a broken coil wire was discovered. Additional engine inspection in process. No injuries to pilot, aircraft sustained substantial damage.

As the FAA filed it

N677DW DEPARTED RNM AT 08:05 LOCAL TIME CLIMB TO 4200 FT AGL SET AIRCRAFT TO CRUISE FLIGHT. AT APPROXIMATELY 09:25 LOCAL TIME PILOT SWITCHED FUEL SELECTOR TO LEFT WING TANK, NO ABNORMAL CONDTIONS OBSERVED. AT APPROXIMATELY 09:30 LOCAL TIME THE AIRCRAFTS ENGINE QUITS RUNNING. PILOT COULD NOT RESTART THE ENGINE THE PILOT DECLARED AND EMERGENCY WITH RNM TOWER AND LANDED IN A FIELD ONE MILE FROM THE AIRFIELD. INTIAL INSPECTION OF THE INTERNAL WORKINGS OF THE ROTAX SERIES 447 A BROKEN COIL WIRE WAS DISCOVERED. ADDITIONAL ENGINE INSPECTION IN PROCESS. NO INJURIES TO PILOT, AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.