# Incident 20170522006789I: Koester Dan RANS S-12S, Klamath Falls, OR, May 22, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 2017, 11:25 local time
- Place: Klamath Falls, OR
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2158° N, 121.7758° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Klamath Falls, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2158&lon=-121.7758&mi=10
- Aircraft: N462DK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N462DK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Koester Dan RANS S-12S (registry code 056078B, https://openairdocs.org/model/koester-dan-rans-s-12s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: KOESTER DAN RANS S-12S
- Reported engine: BOMBARDIER ROTAX (ALL)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 400 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170522006789I

## Narrative

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

PILOT PLANNED A TRIP FROM S40 TO KFAT, FLYING THROUGH CENTRAL OREGON, OVER BEND, TO KLAMATH FALLS, ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SHOULDER OF MT. SHASTA, AND THEN DOWN THROUGH THE CENTRAL VALLEY TO FRESNO.  PILOT RECEIVED A STANDARD WEATHER BRIEFING.  GOOD WEATHER AND FAVORABLE WINDS ALL THE WAY. PLOTTED THE COURSE USING FOREFLIGHT ON AN IPAD.  PROGRAM CALCULATED FUEL USAGE FROM NUMBERS ENTERED BY PILOT. CONSIDERING WEATHER, FUEL BURN RATE AND QUANTITY THE PILOT DETERMINED HE SHOULD HAVE ENOUGH FUEL FOR THE FIRST LEG FROM S40 TO KLMT WITH AT LEAST 30 MINUTES OF FUEL REMAINING.

PILOT STATED FUEL LOOKED OK WHEN FLYING OVER BEND.  ENCOUNTERED A FEW SPOTS OF HEADWINDS AS HE CONTINUED TOWARD KLMT.  FUEL WAS GETTING LOW AS AIRCRAFT APPROACHED KLMT.  RIGHT TANK WAS EMPTY AND LEFT TANK WAS QUICKLY DRAWING DOWN.  CONTACTED TOWER AND GOT A CLEARANCE TO ENTER LEFT DOWNWING TO LAND ON 32.  ONE MILE OUT ENGINE COUGHED AND DIED.  PILOT STABILIZED AIRCRAFT, SAW A FIELD, AND TOLD TOWER HE WAS OUT OF FUEL.  TOWER RESPONDED HE COULD LAND ANY RUNWAY.  PILOT LANDED IN ROUGH FIELD WITH FULL FLAPS THEN CONTACTED TOWER TO INFORM THEM HE WAS OK WITH NO AIRCRAFT DAMAGE.  TOWER CALLED 911 AND SHERIFF RESPONDED.

PILOT LATER DETERMINED HE HAD USED THE ROTAX PERFORMANCE NUMBERS HE HAD GOTTEN FROM THE ROTAX WEBSITE WHICH WERE INCORRECT.

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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