# Rotax 618 - Type: Engine model (FAA registry) - Registry code: 55578 - Manufacturer (registry): ROTAX - Model: 618 - Engine type: 2 cycle - Horsepower: 75 - Installed in: 39 registered aircraft - Page: https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-618 ## ADs that may apply None matched. ## NTSB investigations (6) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB CEN20LA272](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20LA272), Jul 11, 2020: Golden Circle Air T-Bird (N50JH), Grosse Ile, MI, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The noncertificated pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from trees while maneuvering at low altitude in gusting wind conditions. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s lack of flight… - [NTSB CEN18LA189](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA189), May 22, 2018: M-Squared Sprint 1000 (N138ZX), Gurdon, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: Inadequate engine maintenance, which resulted in the failure of the MAG piston ring and the subsequent total loss of engine power due to a piston seizure. - [NTSB CEN13LA493](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA493), Aug 16, 2013: Trick Trikes Storm Trooper (N5157G), Covert, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s loss of control while maneuvering at low altitude over a congested beach area. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s ostentatious display. - [NTSB CEN09CA531](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA531), Aug 16, 2009: Fisher Michael H T-BIRD II (N5559A), Dundee, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to the failure of the outer crankshaft seal. - [NTSB SEA08CA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08CA173), Aug 7, 2008: Cosmos Phase II (N311RT), Carson City, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for the crosswind conditions. Contributing to the accident was the crosswind. - [NTSB LAX07CA262](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07CA262), Sep 1, 2007: Wessel Vortex (N546SW), Mesa, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: Failure of the muffler's mounting strap and subsequent loss of engine power due to propeller blade separation during cruise flight. A contributing factor was the unsuitable terrain for a forced… ## FAA accident and incident reports (8) From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [Accident 20200711008869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200711008869A), Jul 11, 2020: Golden Circle Air Inc T-BIRD TANDEM TBT-06 (N50JH), Grosse Ile, MI, Destroyed, 1 fatal. A/c departed downwind from a taxiway, striking a taxiway light on rotation and causing other helicopter traffic to abort takeoff. Video shows a/c reacting to… - [Accident 20180521005729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180521005729A), May 21, 2018: M-Squared Aircraft SPRINT 1000 (N138ZX), Gurdon, AR, Substantial damage. On may 21, 2018 at approximately 1915 CDT, N138ZX a M-Squared, sprint 1000 experimental operating as light sport aircraft, registered to stephen c. pennington… - [Accident 20130816015789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130816015789A), Aug 16, 2013: Trick Trikes STORM TROOPER (N5157G), Covert, MI, Substantial damage. On August 16, 2013, about 1235 eastern daylight time, a Trick Trikes Storm Trooper weight-shift aircraft, N5157G, impacted terrain while maneuvering near a… - [Accident 20090815016849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090815016849A), Aug 15, 2009: Amtr TBIRDII (N5559A), Dundee, OH, Substantial damage. Aircraft took off from a picnic in strasburg, Ohio. Aircraft climbed to about 500 feet when the engine shut off. Pilot restarted the engine for a brief time… - [Accident 20080807841799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080807841799A), Aug 7, 2008: Cosmos PHASEII (N311RT), Carson City, NV, Substantial damage. (-23)The student pilot lost control during landing, touched down in the dirt and struck a berm approximately 100 feet from the runway centerline. - [Incident 20080803842359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080803842359I), Aug 3, 2008: Earths GULL2000 (N302TM), Arlington, WA, Minor damage. (-23) PIC had taken off and had climbed to an altitude of about 20 to 25 feet when a down draft or a windshear forced the aircraft to the ground. The hard… - [Accident 20070901021709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070901021709A), Sep 1, 2007: Amtr VORTEX (N546SW), Mesa, AZ, Substantial damage. (-23) While operating in the Mesa, AZ area on a pleasure flight, the aircraft made a loud noise and began vibrating violently, at the same time losing thrust.… - [Incident 19900717035739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900717035739I), Jul 17, 1990: Beech 35A33 (N50JH), Pittsburgh, PA. Fuel streaming from left wing after takeoff. Returned. Fuel drain assembly had worked loose from tank. ## Complete lists - aircraft: 39, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-618/aircraft - incidents: 8, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-618/incidents --- From OpenAirDocs.org, an independent open copy of FAA data. Only the Federal Register edition on govinfo.gov is the official legal text of an AD.