# Accident 20150718012789A: Smith STEEN SKYBOLT, Danville, KY, July 18, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 2015, 01:00 local time
- Place: Danville, KY
- Airport: Boyle County Stuart Powell Fie
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5775° N, 84.7694° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5775&lon=-84.7694&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31CS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N31CS-2018-03-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Smith STEEN SKYBOLT (registry code 0565592, https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-steen-skybolt) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SMITH STEEN SKYBOLT
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 430 total, 2 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA15CA272](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15CA272) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150718012789A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED CRAWFODSVILLE, ENROUTE TO LAWRENCE, SC. IT APPEARS THE AIRCRAFT RAN OUT OF FUEL WHILE MAKING A GO AROUND AT THE DANVILLE, KY AIRPORT. PILOT LOST POWER AND ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A LEFT TURN BACK TO THE RUNWAY AND LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT HITTING TREES AND POWERLINES AND IMPACTING THE GROUND. AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. PILOT RECEIVED MINOR 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 ERA15CA272](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15CA272), Jul 18, 2015: Smith Steen Skybolt (N31CS), Junction City, KY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inaccurate fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.

## Other reports on N31CS (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19991023031589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991023031589I), Oct 23, 1999: Amtr SKYBOLT (N31CS), Lufkin, TX. (-23) The pilot reported that upon approach to landing that a gust of wind caused him to go to the left of the runway where he hit a taxi sign with his left…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.