# Incident 20230329007759I: Columbia Aircraft Mfg LC41-550FG, Mobile, AZ, March 29, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 2023, 13:29 local time
- Place: Mobile, AZ
- Airport: Bishop Airfield
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1119° N, 112.2692° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BISHOP AIRFIELD (1AZ0), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1119&lon=-112.2692&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1439C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1439C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Columbia Aircraft Mfg LC41-550FG (registry code 5150011, https://openairdocs.org/model/columbia-aircraft-mfg-lc41-550fg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-550-C (registry code 17246, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-550-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: COLUMBIA AIRCRAFT MFG LC41-550FG
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-550-C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,600 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230329007759I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRMAN WAS IN CRUISE FLIGHT WHEN THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE STOPPED PRODUCING POWER. THE AIRMAN PERFORMED THE EMERGENCY ENGINE FALIURE PRODECURES AND COULD NOT GET THE ENGINE TO RESTART. THE AIRMAN HAD TO MAKE A FORCED LANDING IN THE DESERT. NO ONE WAS INJURED. THE NOSE GEAR COLLASPED DURING THIS LANDING CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

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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