# Incident 20210623010369I: Cessna 172C, Apple Valley, CA, June 23, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 2021, 16:30 local time
- Place: Apple Valley, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5008° N, 117.1859° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Apple Valley, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5008&lon=-117.1859&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8366X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8366X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172C (registry code 2072408, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172C
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210623010369I

## Narrative

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

ON 06/23/2021 A CERTIFICATED PILOT TOOK OFF FROM JEAN NEVADA, 0L7, ENROUTE TO PALOMAR AIRPORT (CRQ).  THE PILOT'S ORIGINAL PLAN WAS TO STOP AT THE SAN BERNARDINO AIRPORT (SBD) AND REFUEL.  HOWEVER, THE PILOT ENCOUNTERED PRECIPITATION ALONG HIS ROUTE WHICH CAUSED HIM TO NAVIGATE AROUND THE STORMS, TAKING MORE TIME IN THE AIR THAN HE FIRST PLANNED.

AS THE PILOT WAS NEARING SBD HE STATED HE HEARD A SPUTTER IN THE ENGINE AND REALIZED HE MAY BE LOW ON FUEL. AFTER EVALUATING WHERE HE WAS HE STATED HE DECIDED TO FLY TO APPLE VALLEY AIRPORT (APV), BECAUSE HE WAS CLOSER TO APV THAN HE WAS TO SBD.  THE PILOT STATED THE ENGINE STOPPED ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF APV.  HE WAS ABLE TO LAND IN A RIVERBED SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT.  MINOR DAMAGE OCCURRED TO THE PROPELLER OF THE AIRCRAFT.

THE PILOT PROVIDED PICTURES OF THE AIRCRAFT AFTER IT LANDED.  THE AIRCRAFT OWNER ALSO PROVIDED PICTURES.

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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