# Incident 20200414004809I: Avions P Robin Inc R. 2160, Long Beach, CA, April 14, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 14, 2020, 19:30 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7670° N, 118.1892° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Long Beach, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7670&lon=-118.1892&mi=10
- Aircraft: N216MS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N216MS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Avions Pierre Robin PIERRE ROBIN R2160 (registry code 0960101, https://openairdocs.org/model/avions-pierre-robin-pierre-robin-r2160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AVIONS P ROBIN INC R. 2160
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 316 total, 3 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200414004809I

## Narrative

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

AFTER AN UNEVENTFUL FLIGHT THE PILOT WAS RETURNING TO LONG BEACH AIRPORT CALIFORNIA. FLYING AT 4500' HE WAS CLEARED TO START THE DESCENT. THE PILOT REDUCED POWER TO ABOUT 2300 RPM AND STARTED A SLOW DESCENT.

AT ABOUT 2200' HE WAS HANDED OFF TO LONG BEACH TOWER AND TOLD TO MAKE STRAIGHT IN FOR 26R.  ABOUT 4 MINUTES LATER AND 4-5 MILES OUT, JUST AS HE WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON 26R, THE PLANE EXPERIENCED A NEARLY TOTAL LOSS OF POWER.

WITHOUT ANY OBVIOUS WARNING ENGINE RPM FELL FROM ABOUT 2100-2200 RPM TO 1000 RPM. THE PILOT SAID, POWER LOSS WAS QUICK WITHOUT ANY UNUSUAL ENGINE SOUNDS. THE PILOT SAID THE ENGINE CARB HEAT WAS ALREADY PULLED AND BOOST PUMP WAS ON, MIXTURE SETTING WAS FULL RICH.

HE SAID HE WAS UNABLE TO GET THE ENGINE TO PRODUCE ENOUGH POWER TO SUSTAIN ALTITUDE AND DECIDED TO PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON THE DRY CONCRETE RIVER BED OF COYOTE CREEK, AN ARM OF

SAN GABRIEL RIVER SYSTEM, IN THE SOUTHWEST DIRECTION STOPPING ABOUT 500 FEET NORTH OF E WARDLOW ROAD BRIDGE, CITY OF LONG BEACH.

THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR THE PASSENGER AND THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY DAMAGE.

ENGINE WAS SUCCESSFULLY RESTARTED ON THE GROUND ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF AFTER THE EMERGENCY LANDING. ONCE THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED TO THE AIRPORT, AIRCRAFT WAS STARTED AGAIN AND TAXIED ON ITS OWN POWER TO THE TIE DOWN AREA.

PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE DID NOT REVEAL ANY PROBLEMS. THERE WAS ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF RESERVE OF FUEL AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N216MS (1)

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

- [Incident 19910804051539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910804051539I), Aug 4, 1991: Avions R2160 (N216MS), Compton, CA. Made low pass and chandelle at end of runway. Officials had briefed pilots about flybys. No medical on person.

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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