# Accident 20100625045079A: Quartz Moun 11E, Dunnellon, FL, June 25, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 25, 2010, 15:00 local time
- Place: Dunnellon, FL
- Airport: Dunnellon/Marion Co & Park Of
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0328° N, 82.6667° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0328&lon=-82.6667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N216JD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N216JD-2018-01-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Quartz Mountain Aerospace 11E (registry code 7320100, https://openairdocs.org/model/quartz-mountain-aerospace-11e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360-ES (registry code 17160, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-es) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: QUARTZ MOUN 11E
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-360-ES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 70 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10CA333](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA333) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100625045079A

## Narrative

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

WHILE ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT FROM SANFORD TO CEDAR KEY AND INTO THE DUNNELLON AREA.THE CREW OF THREE CONSISTED OF THE PILOT & CO-PILOT WHOM SHARED THE DUTIES OF THE PREFLIGHT INSPECTION. EACH THINKING THAT THE OTHER VERIFIED THE INSPECTION SATISFACTORY AND COMPLETE. THEY LEFT THE CEDAR KEY AREA HEADING TO DUNNELLON, APPROXIMATELY 19 MINUTES INTO FLIGHT THEY EXPERIENCED A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE. THEIR BEFORE TAKEOFF CALCULATIONS INDICATED THEY HAD AMPLE FUEL FOR THEIR INTENDED FLIGHT. THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST PROCEDURES WERE PERFORMED AS AN ATTEMPTED RESTART FAILED. THEY DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND EXECUTED AN OFF FIELD LANDING. ON SHORT FINAL THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A GROUP OF TREES SUCH THAT  THE LEFT WING STRUCK CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE WING TIP & SURROUNDING AREA, SEPARATING THE WING LIFT STRUT COMPLETELY FROM THE AIRFRAME, CAUSING THE PLANE TO HIT A FENCE, IMPAILING IT INTO THE GROUND AND INVERTING IT WHERE IT CAME TO REST. FURTHER INVESTIGATION DETERMINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE COCKPIT & CABIN CROSS OVER TUBE, LEFT WING & LIFT STRUT AS ALL THE RIVETS WHERE SHEARED AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE TAIL FUSELAGE AREA. BOTH DOORS FAILED AT THE HINGES. HOWEVER, THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF FUEL ANYWHERE WITHIN THE ACCIDENT SCENE, NOR WAS ANY VISIBLE IN EITHER TANK. WITNESS STATEMENTS CLEARLY STATE THAT THE CO-PILOT TOOK CONTROL AT THE TIME OF THE EMERGENCY AND NOT THE PIC DURING THE FLIGHT.

## 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 ERA10CA333](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA333), Jun 25, 2010: Quartz Mountain Aerospace 11E (N216JD), Inglis, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion as a result of the pilot's fuel mismanagement.

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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