# Accident 20060624012909A: Miller CRICKETMC12, Lee'S Summit, MO, June 24, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 2006, 08:00 local time
- Place: Lee'S Summit, MO
- Airport: Lee'S Summit Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9556° N, 94.3714° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9556&lon=-94.3714&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36CZ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N36CZ-2008-09-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Miller William H ZENAIR CRICKET MC-12 (registry code 0564973, https://openairdocs.org/model/miller-william-h-zenair-cricket-mc-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MILLER CRICKETMC12
- Reported engine: JPXPUL 212D&G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,580 total, 2 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI06LA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06LA164) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060624012909A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE TWIN-ENGINE EXPERIMENTAL AIRPLANE WAS OPERATING IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR RUNWAY 18 AT LEE'S SUMMIT MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (LXT), LEE'S SUMMIT, MISSOURI. WITNESSES REPORTED HEARING AN ENGINE RUNNING ROUGH (CUTTING OUT) AND OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT LOW ON DOWNWIND AND SLOWLY DESCENDING. WITNESSES REPORTED SEEING THE AIRCRAFT ROLL RAPIDLY TO THE RIGHT AND DESCEND VERTICALLY OUT OF SIGHT BEHIND A ROW OF TREES. AN INVESTIGATION AT THE SCENE REVEALED THAT THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND NOSE FIRST RESULTING IN FATAL INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI06LA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06LA164), Jun 24, 2006: Miller Zenair Cricket MC-12 (N36CZ), Lee's Summit, MO, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed while operating in the traffic pattern after the loss of power in one engine, resulting in an inadvertent stall/spin. An additional cause was the loss of…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.