# Accident 20140427005899A: Jerome A Baak CH 601XL, Sumter, SC, April 27, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 27, 2014, 15:50 local time
- Place: Sumter, SC
- Airport: Sumter Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9869° N, 80.3711° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9869&lon=-80.3711&mi=10
- Aircraft: N121JN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N121JN-2015-05-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Jerome A Baak CH 601XL (registry code 05631LE, https://openairdocs.org/model/jerome-a-baak-ch-601xl) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Corvair GO-140 (registry code 18001, https://openairdocs.org/engine/corvair-go-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: JEROME A BAAK CH 601XL
- Reported engine: CORVAIR GO-140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 6,700 total, 121 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA14CA210](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA210) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140427005899A

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 27, 2014, AT ABOUT 3:50 EASTERN STANDARD TIME (EST), AN EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR-BUILT ZODIAC XL, N121JN, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE LANDING SHORT OF THE SUMTER AIRPORT (SMS), IN SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLINA.  THE PILOT-OWNER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL AFTER THE CRASH.  THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR 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 ERA14CA210](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA210), Apr 27, 2014: Jerome A Baak CH 601XL (N121JN), Sumter, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. Contributing to the fuel exhaustion was the pilot's failure during the building process to properly determine the unusable quantity of fuel.

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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