# Accident 20140819014809A: Frontenac, MN, August 19, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 2014, 20:30 local time
- Place: Frontenac, MN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.5038° N, 92.3526° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Frontenac, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.5038&lon=-92.3526&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140819014809A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED THE FRONTENAC, MN AIRPORT (PRIVATE) FOR A PLEASURE FLIGHT IN A QUICKSILVER 2S.  BECAUSE IT WAS BECOMING DARK, HE DID NOT PLAN ON BEING AIRBORNE LONG AND ESTIMATED HE HAD ABOUT 30 MINUTES OF FUEL ON BOARD.

NEARING THE END OF THE FLIGHT, THEN ENGINE QUIT RUNNING.  THE PILOT BELIEVED HE MAY BE OUT OF FUEL AND TRIED PRIMING THE ENGINE.  WHEN HE PRIMED THE ENGINE, IT SPUTTERED AND THEN QUIT AGAIN.  BECAUSE HE COULD NOT SIMULTANEOUSLY PRIME THE ENGINE AND FLY THE AIRCRAFT, HE OPTED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A MATURE CORN FIELD.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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