# Incident 20250315003089I: Haller Kurt L VANS RV-9A, Byron, CA, March 15, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 2025, 12:15 local time
- Place: Byron, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8756° N, 121.6421° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Byron, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8756&lon=-121.6421&mi=10
- Aircraft: N748PK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N748PK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Haller Kurt L VANS RV-9A (registry code 056355F, https://openairdocs.org/model/haller-kurt-l-vans-rv-9a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HALLER KURT L VANS RV-9A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250315003089I

## Narrative

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

THE FLIGHT WAS A YOUNG EAGLES FLIGHT WHICH DEPARTED OUT OF THE BYRON AIRPORT (C83).  THEY DEPARTED RUNWAY 23 WITH A LEFT DOWNWIND DEPARTURE.  THEY PROCEEDED NORTH BOUND AND LEVELED OFF AT 2000 FEET.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THEN LEANED THE ENGINE.  FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, THE ENGINE STOPPED DEVELOPING POWER AND THE PROPELLER BEGAN TO WINDMILL.  THE PILOT SET THE MIXTURE TO FULL RICH, TURNED ON THE AUXILIARY PUMPS, AND PUMPED THE THROTTLE.  HE THEN CHECKED THE MAGNETOS AND VERIFIED THAT THE MASTER SWITCH WAS STILL ON.  HE THEN DECIDED TO TURN AROUND AND PROCEED WITH AN EMERGENCY LANDING.  HE STATED THAT HE WAS NOT GOING TO MAKE THE AIRPORT, IDENTIFIED A COW FIELD, AND LANDED ON THE UPSLOPE SIDE OF THE FIELD.  UPON LANDING, HE HAD THE STICK IN THE AFT POSITION.  ONCE THE AIRCRAFT WAS STOPPED, HE TURNED OFF THE FUEL AND THE MASTER.

THE PILOT STATED THAT UPON A VISUAL INSPECTION, THE AIRCRAFT HAD ONLY SUSTAINED SUPERFICIAL DAMAGE.  IT WAS HIS PASSENGERS FIRST FLIGHT (MINOR).

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE IS THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^BUILDER.  THE AIRCRAFT IS BASED AT KLVK.  HE WAS IN COMMUNICATION WITH HIS INSURANCE BROKER FOR THE RECOVERY OF THE AIRCRAFT.

IT WAS DISCOVERED BY THE PILOT^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^THAT A RECENT MODIFICATION HE HAD PERFORMED ON THE INDUCTION AIRBOX HAD COME LOOSE.  UPON VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE AIR INLET, THE MODIFICATION HAD OBSTRUCTED THE INDUCTION SYSTEM CAUSING THE LOSS OF POWER.

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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