# Accident 20160711012009A: Tumbling Goose LLC 12S, Zellwood, FL, July 11, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 2016, 12:45 local time
- Place: Zellwood, FL
- Airport: Tangerine
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.7603° N, 81.6058° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7603&lon=-81.6058&mi=10
- Aircraft: N867TG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N867TG-2018-05-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Tumbling Goose 12S (registry code 05634EP, https://openairdocs.org/model/tumbling-goose-12s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Vedeneyev M14P (registry code 63601, https://openairdocs.org/engine/vedeneyev-m14p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TUMBLING GOOSE LLC 12S
- Reported engine: VEDENEYEV M14
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,480 total, 1 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA16LA251](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16LA251) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160711012009A

## Narrative

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

INTERVIEW DATE: JULY 13, 2016

INTERVIEW LOCATION: (FL97) TANGERINE AIRPORT ZELLWOOD FL

PILOT NAME: ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

PILOT CERTIFICATE TYPE/NO: ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

PILOT EXPERIENCE: ABOUT 1480 TT AND LESS THAN 1 HOUR IN AIRCRAFT.

ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT ID: N867TG

PILOT PROVIDED:

THAT ANOTHER AIRMAN HAD RECENTLY COMPLETED THE REQUIRED FLIGHT HOURS FOR THE SIGN-OFF OF THE NEW EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT.

THAT THIS WAS HIS FIRST FLIGHT IN HIS NEW AIRCRAFT.

THAT HE HAD PRACTICED AEROBATICS FOR LESS THAN AN HOUR.

THAT WHILE RETURNING TO THE AIRPORT HE REALIZED THAT THE ENGINE HAD EITHER QUIT OR WAS STUCK AT A REDUCE POWER SETTING AND WAS NOT CONTROLLABLE WITH THE THROTTLE CONTROL.

THAT HE EVENTUALLY REALIZED THAT HE COULD GET BURSTS OF POWER BY USING THE FUEL PRIMER INTERMITTENTLY TO PROVIDE FUEL TO THE ENGINE.

THAT IN THIS CONDITION HE ATTEMPTED TWO UNSUCCESSFUL LANDING.

THAT ON THE SECOND CLIMB-OUT, AT A FEW HUNDRED FEET THE ENGINE DID QUIT.

THAT HIS ATTEMPT TO LAND IN A SMALL FIELD CAME UP SHORT AND HE FLEW THE AIRCRAFT INTO THE TREES.

NOTE: THIS IS AN EXPERIMENTAL ENGINE AND WAS SO NOTED IN THE AIRCRAFT RECORDS. THE ORIGINAL IGNITION SYSTEM HAD BEEN REPLACED AT OVERHAUL WITH AN EXPERIMENTAL ELECTRONIC SYSTEM INSTALLED BY BARRETT PRECISION ENGINES AND THE ORIGINAL CARBURETOR WAS REPLACED WITH AN EXPERIMENTAL AIRFLOW PERFORMANCE SYSTEM ALSO AT OVERHAUL.

GOOGLE EARTH REVIEW OF THE ACCIDENT AREA PROVIDES THAT THERE WERE FEW TO NO EMERGENCY LANDING FIELDS AVAILABLE TO AIRMAN. AS SUCH NO FUTHER ACTION IS PLANNED FOR AIRMAN.

## 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 ERA16LA251](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16LA251), Jul 11, 2016: Tumbling Goose 12S (N867TG), Zellwood, FL, destroyed. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power during descent for reasons that could not be determined because impact damage precluded a complete examination of the fuel servo.

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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