# Accident 20170131016489A: Cook Ron SMITH AVN REPLICA SU, Northlake, TX, January 31, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 31, 2017, 15:44 local time
- Place: Northlake, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0847° N, 97.2958° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0847&lon=-97.2958&mi=10
- Aircraft: N712AZ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N712AZ-2019-06-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cook Ron SMITH AVN REPLICA SU (registry code 056262R, https://openairdocs.org/model/cook-ron-smith-avn-replica-su) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Mattituck TMX-360 (registry code 59602, https://openairdocs.org/engine/mattituck-tmx-360) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: COOK RON SMITH AVN REPLICA SU
- Reported engine: MATTITUCK TMX 360
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,054 total, 176 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN17LA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA096) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170131016489A

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 31, 2017, AT 1528 CST, A SMITH AVIATION SUPER CUB KIT, N712AZ, REGISTERED TO CLEAR BLUE MARKETING, INC, LOST POWER TO THE ENGINE AND COLLIDED WITH A TREE AND IMPACTED THE GROUND ON A PUBLIC SCHOOL OUTDOOR LEARNING CENTER PROPERTY IN NORTHLAKE, DENTON, TEXAS WHILE ON A SIGHTSEEING FLIGHT WITH VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.  THE PRIVATE PILOT SUFFERED AN MINOR INJURY TO HIS RIGHT ARM.  THE PASSENGER WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED WITH A BROKEN LEG AND TRANSPORTED TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT NORTHWEST REGIONAL AIRPORT, DENTON, TEXAS, ON JANUARY 31, 2017, AT 1500 CST.

## 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 CEN17LA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA096), Jan 31, 2017: Cook Smith Aviation Repli (N712AZ), Justin, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation as the result of a disruption in fuel flow.

## Other reports on N712AZ (1)

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

- [Accident 20120313006169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120313006169A), Mar 13, 2012: Cook Ron SMITH AVN REPLICA SU (N712AZ), St. Johns, AZ, Substantial damage. On March 13, 2012, pilot [privacy data omitted]14 at St. Johns airport during VMC conditions. During roll out the pilot lost control of the aircraft and veered…

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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