# Incident 20230102000659I: Piper PA-28-161, San Bernardino, CA, January 2, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 2, 2023, 10:00 local time
- Place: San Bernardino, CA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1083° N, 117.2898° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Bernardino, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1083&lon=-117.2898&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2815F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2815F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-161
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230102000659I

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ON A CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM APPLE VALLEY AIRPORT (KAPV) TO RIVERSIDE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KRAL) WITH 4 PERSONS ONBOARD.  AT APPROXIMATELY 1000 LOCAL TIME, WHILE SOUTHEAST BOUND IN THE CAJON PASS AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 FT AGL OVER INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 15, THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED A COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER.  THE PIC WAS ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY LAND THE AIRCRAFT ON A TWO LANE ROAD PARALELLING THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY.  THE PILOT AND THREE PASSENGERS WERE UNINJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED NO DAMAGE.

THE PIC (A RELATIVELY NEW AIRMAN WHO HELD HIS AIRMAN CERTIFICATE FOR ONLY FOUR MONTHS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT) SHOULD BE COMMENDED ALONG WITH HIS CFI'S.  HIGH TERRAIN IN THE CAJON PASS, PREVENTED THE PIC FROM CONTACTING SOCAL TRACON.  TO EXPEDITE GETTING FIRST RESPONDERS TO THE OFF-AIRPORT LANDING SITE, THE PIC CONTACTED HIS MOTHER VIA CELLPHONE AND REQUESTED SHE CONTACT 911.  THE PIC, WISELY, ALREADY HAD HIS PHONE ON HIS KNEEBOARD TURNED TO HIS EMERGENCY CONTACTS PAGE TO FACILITATE AN EMERGENCY CALL.

THE PIC ALSO CHOSE A ROUTE AND FLIGHT ALTITUDE THAT WOULD FACILITATE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IF REQUIRED.  THE PIC'S SKILL MAKING AN EMERGENCY LANDING ENABLED HIM TO AVOID MULTIPLE POWER LINES AND WIRES NEAR HIS LANDING SITE.

## Other reports on N2815F (2)

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

- [Incident 19911027062369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911027062369I), Oct 27, 1991: Piper PA28161 (N2815F), Hayward, CA, Minor damage. Engine quit after takeoff. Returned. Found loose muffler baffle blocked exhaust outlet.
- [Incident 19870502019419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870502019419I), May 2, 1987: Piper PA28161 (N2815F), Hayward, CA, Minor damage. Left wingtip struck the propeller spinner of a parked aircraft while taxiing to park.

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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