# Accident 20130722018579A: Durfee Fred MXL, Lexington, TN, July 22, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 2013, 14:00 local time
- Place: Lexington, TN
- Airport: Lexington
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6033° N, 88.3675° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6033&lon=-88.3675&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2590B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2590B-2013-09-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Durfee Fred MXL (registry code 05904JZ, https://openairdocs.org/model/durfee-fred-mxl) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 582DCDI (registry code 55562, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-582dcdi) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DURFEE FRED MXL
- Reported engine: ROTAX 582DCDI
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 10 total, 10 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA13LA347](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13LA347) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130722018579A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT TOOK-OFF FROM A PRIVATE GRASS STRIP, CIRCLED THE AREA AROUND THE STRIP AND  WAS PREPARING TO LAND WHEN IT LOST POWER. THE PILOT TRIED TO CLIMB OVER SOME TREES BEFORE LANDING AND STALLED THE AIRCRAFT, HITTING NEAR THE APPROACH END  OF THE GRASS STRIP. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. THE PILOT SUFFERED BACK INJURIES.

## 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 ERA13LA347](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13LA347), Jul 22, 2013: Durfee Fred Quicksilver MXL (N2590B), Lexington, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot/builder’s failure to maintain airspeed following a loss of engine power, which resulted in an exceedance of the wing’s critical angle-of-attack and a subsequent aerodynamic stall.…

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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