# Accident 20090825015129A: Weberd PELICAN, Searcy, AR, August 25, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 2009, 12:25 local time
- Place: Searcy, AR
- Airport: Searcy Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2411° N, 91.7352° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Searcy, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2411&lon=-91.7352&mi=10
- Aircraft: N713DW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N713DW-2009-09-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Weber Don PELICAN (registry code 0560642, https://openairdocs.org/model/weber-don-pelican) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WEBERD PELICAN
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX912
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090825015129A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 25, 2009, AT 1200 HOURS CST, N713DW, AN ELSA, TRADE NAME "PELICAN, REGISTERED BILLY V. SUTTERFIELD, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CRASHED ON TAKEOFF FROM SEARCY MUNICIPAL (SRC) WHILE ON A PART 91 FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND THERE WAS NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE CERTIFICATED PILOT WAS NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED.  THE FLGHT ORIGINATEED AT SEARCY MUNICIPAL (SRC) ON AUGUST 25, 2009 AT 1150 HOURS.  A SAFETY RECOMMENDATION ON THE FUEL SHUT-OFF VALVE CONFIGURATION IS BEING SUBMITTED.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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