# Incident 20120516008159I: Quartz Mountain Aerospace Inc 11E, Waco, TX, May 16, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 2012, 15:05 local time
- Place: Waco, TX
- Airport: Waco
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.6122° N, 97.2303° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WACO RGNL (ACT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.6122&lon=-97.2303&mi=10
- Aircraft: N516BW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N516BW-2026-06-22) (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 MOUNTAIN AEROSPACE INC 11E
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-360-ES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 880 total, 12 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120516008159I

## Narrative

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

PILOT FLEW 312 NM TRIP AND MISS CALUCATED HIS FUEL BURN AND LANDED 1 MILE SHORT WITH NO FUEL ON BOARD.

## Other reports on N516BW (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20251001015319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251001015319A), Oct 1, 2025: Quartz Mountain Aerospace Inc 11E (N516BW), Winterset, IA, Substantial damage. Engine power loss due to fuel exhaustion while on the RNAV 14 approach to 3Y3 at 2,700 ft. an emergency landing was performed on a recently tilled farm field…

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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