# Accident 20150321005199A: Mccurry Charles P F-1 ROCKET, Sedona, AZ, March 21, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 21, 2015, 11:15 local time
- Place: Sedona, AZ
- Airport: Sedona
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8328° N, 111.8003° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8328&lon=-111.8003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N747MC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N747MC-2015-07-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mccurry Charles P F-1 ROCKET (registry code 05613RO, https://openairdocs.org/model/mccurry-charles-p-f-1-rocket) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MCCURRY CHARLES P F-1 ROCKET
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 642 total, 6 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR15LA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15LA131) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150321005199A

## Narrative

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

3-24-2015, SDL FSDO RECEIVED REPORT OF ACCIDENT THAT INVOLVED N747MC ON 3-21-2015.  THE AIRCRAFT APPEARS TO HAVE HAD A LOSS OF POWER AND LANDED ON A USFS ROAD 1 MILE FROM THE SEDONA AIRPORT.  THE TWO PILOTS WERE BOTH HURT AFTER THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON THE ROAD AND CRASHED INTO TREES LINING THE ROAD.  THERE WAS NO POST CRASH FIRE. BOTH PILOTS WERE TRANSPORTED TO LOCAL HOSPITALS FOR CARE.

3-25-2015, SDL FSDO INSPECTORS VIEWED THE AIRCRAFT AT AZ AIR SLAVAGE IN PHX, AZ.  THE AIRCRAFT IS DESTROYED, HEAVY DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING, ENGINE BROKE OFF AT ENGINE MOUNTS, TAIL SECTION BEHIND 2ND SEAT NEARLY BROKEN OFF, LEFT HORIZONAL DAMAGED WITH MISSING ELEVATOR.

4-14-2015, OBSERVED NTSB INSPECTION OF ENGINE WITH LYCOMING SAFETY INVESTIGATOR. NO DIFINATIVE CONCLUSION OF WHY THE ENGINE WOULD NOT PRODUCE POWER FROM IDLE.

## 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 WPR15LA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15LA131), Mar 21, 2015: Mccurry Charles P F 1 Rocket (N747MC), Sedona, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The partial loss of engine power during final approach for reasons that could not be determined during postaccident examination of the engine.

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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