# Incident 20171120024119I: David Buser AIRBIKE, Ramona, CA, November 20, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 20, 2017, 09:37 local time
- Place: Ramona, CA
- Airport: Ramona Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- 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: N677DW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N677DW-2023-11-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: David A Buser AIRBIKE (registry code 05635IB, https://openairdocs.org/model/david-a-buser-airbike) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 447 (registry code 55576, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-447) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DAVID BUSER AIRBIKE
- Reported engine: ROTAX 447
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 340 total, 18 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171120024119I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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