# Accident 20140416009939A: Cessna O-1E, Fredericksburg, TX, April 16, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 2014, 10:30 local time
- Place: Fredericksburg, TX
- Airport: Silver Wings
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2194° N, 99.1408° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2194&lon=-99.1408&mi=10
- Aircraft: N50WP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N50WP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna O-1E (registry code 2074018, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-o-1e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA O-1E
- Reported engine: CONTENENTAL O-1E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 14,360 total, 18 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14LA200](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA200) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140416009939A

## Narrative

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

PILOT AND STUDENT PILOT WERE ENTERING AIRPORT PATTERN TO PRACTICE TOUCH AND GO TRAINING. INSTRUCTOR PILOT REPORTED NORMAL FLIGHT ON DOWNWIND LEG.

TURNING ONTO BASE LEG THE ENGINE SUDDENTLY STOPPED. THE INSTRUCTOR TOOK OVER THE CONTROLS. THE INSTUCTOR PILOT REPORTED HE DID NOT HAVE THE ALTITUDE, SPEED OR TIME TO LAND ON RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT LOST SPEED AND STALLED THEN CRASHED INTO A HOLDING PEN IN A FIELD APPROXIMATLY 1/4 MILE FROM RUNWAY CAUSING SEVERE INJURY TO BOTH PILOTS. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO ENGINE BOTH WINGS, LANDING GEAR AND COCK PIT.

INVESTIGATION FROM CONTENNENTAL MANUFACTURE ENGINEER CONCLUDED NO MECHANICAL FAILURE FROM ENGINE.

PILOT REPORTED STUDENT PILOT NOT BEING FAMILIAR WITH THIS AIRCRAFT (JUST PURCHASHED AIRCRAFT) INADVERTANTLY MISTOOK THE MAGNETO SWITCH FOR THE FLAP SWITCH AND TURNED THE MAGNETOS TO THE OFF POSITION CAUSING IMMEDIATE ENGINE SHUTDOWN.

## 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 CEN14LA200](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA200), Apr 16, 2014: Cessna O 1E (N50WP), Fredericksburg, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident examination of the engine revealed no anomalies.

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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