# Accident 20110710015069A: Leineke Walter L THORP T-211, Cedar City, UT, July 10, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 2011, 13:25 local time
- Place: Cedar City, UT
- Airport: Cedar City Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7017° N, 113.1092° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7017&lon=-113.1092&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2075U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2075U-2011-11-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Leineke Walter L THORP T-211 (registry code 05614SS, https://openairdocs.org/model/leineke-walter-l-thorp-t-211) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200-A (registry code 17191, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEINEKE WALTER L THORP T-211
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200-A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 4 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR11CA321](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11CA321) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110710015069A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS CONTRACTED TO DELEVER THE AIRCRAFT FROM CARSON CITY, NV TO ATLANTA , GA.FIXED AN OIL LINE PRIOR TO DEPARTURE, TOPPED FUEL 19.1 GAL.FLIGHT AT 10,500 LEANED THE AIRCRAFT FIGURED 5-5.5 HOURS OF ENDURANCE WITH THE LEANING. NORMAL GPH 4.0HOBBES AT 3.8 WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT.STATED THAT HE STARTED THE DECENT TO HIS DISTNATION WHICH HE FOUND OUT WAS A GRASS STRIP WITH NO SERVICES, DECIDED TO GO TO CDC AN ADDITIONAL 20-30 MILES, DECENT WAS 8,000 MSL AND THE ENGING QUIT 2-3 MILES FROM CDC.  HEADING TO A FIELD THEN TO THE HIGHWAY, AND THEN DECIDED A FIELD IN A BACK YARD.RIGHT WING STRUCK A SHED, LEFT WING STRUCK THE GROUND, AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE TOP, PILOT EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT ON HIS OWN.

## 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 WPR11CA321](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11CA321), Jul 10, 2011: Leineke Walter L Thorp T-211 (N2075U), Cedar City, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudgment of the fuel consumption, which lead to fuel exhaustion. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of experience in the accident airplane.

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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