# Accident 20180502004509A: Laminar Consulting LLC. LANCAIR 360, Woodward, OK, May 2, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 2018, 16:00 local time
- Place: Woodward, OK
- Airport: West Woodward
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.4436° N, 99.5150° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4436&lon=-99.5150&mi=10
- Aircraft: N92WL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N92WL-2019-06-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Laminar Consulting LANCAIR 360 (registry code 05634U5, https://openairdocs.org/model/laminar-consulting-lancair-360) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-C1E6 (registry code 41835, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-c1e6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LAMINAR CONSULTING LLC. LANCAIR 360
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 8,200 total, 50 in this make and model, 137 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN18LA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA156) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180502004509A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED THAT WHILE ENROUTE WITH A NEWLY PURCHASED AIRCRAFT AT 10,000FT FROM LEES SUMMIT AIRPORT, KS.(LXT) TO DALHART, TX.(DHT) THE PILOT AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PASSENGER ENCOUNTERED "MODERATE TO SEVERE TURBULENCE FOR A FEW SECONDS. SHORTLY AFTER THE TURBULENCE ENCOUNTER THEY EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE WITHOUT WARNING. THE PILOT STARTED AN IMMEDIATE DECENT AND TURNED ON THE BOOST PUMP, TRANSFER PUMPS AND CHANGE THROTTLE AND MIXTURE SETTINGS TO NO AVAIL. THE PILOT HAD ELECTED TO TRY AND LAND AT WEST WOODWARD AIRPORT OK.(WWR), BUT DUE TO WINDS OF 160 @ 20 GUST TO 26 WAS UNABLE.

THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A GRASSY PASTURE FIELD APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE NORTH OF WWR. THE GEAR WAS EXTENDED AND ON ROLL OUT CONTACTED A PATCH OF SAGEBRUSH, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO YAW WHICH LED TO THE GEAR COLLAPSE.

DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS AS FOLLOWS: ALL THREE GEARS FAILED, PROPELLER MILDLY BENT AND AFT SECTION OF THE FUSELAGE JUST FORWARD OF THE EMPENNAGE FRACTURED BUT NOT SEPARATED.

THE PILOT STATED THAT THE MAIN FUEL SHUT OFF LEVER WAS FOUND PARTIALLY IN THE "OFF" POSITION (THIS BALL VALVE/HANDLE IS JUST ABOVE THE PASSENGERS LEFT KNEE) AND HE WAS NOT CERTAIN WHEN IT WAS DISPLACED, DURING THE TURBULENCE OR THE LANDING IN THE FIELD.

## 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 CEN18LA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA156), May 2, 2018: Laminar Lancair 360 (N92WL), Woodward, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot-rated passenger’s inadvertent contact with and closure of the emergency fuel shutoff valve, which resulted in the total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation. Contributing to the…

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.