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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Flight Design CTSW · Dawn, MO · September 13, 2018

Date: September 13, 2018 · 15:45 local
Place: Dawn, MO
Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N382CT
Reported as: Flight Design Ctsw
Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Sport pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 800 total720 in this make and model23 in the last 90 days

N382CTRegistered now · Flight Design CTSWS/N 07-01-01 · Built 2006 Airframe modelFlight Design CTSW Engine modelRotax 912ULS series4 cycle

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The aircraft had been in Flight for approximately three hours and forty five minutes. While at cruise, the pilot stated the engine started to cut out and eventually stopped running. The pilot could not make the nearest airport at chillicothe, MO and made a forced landing in a grass pasture. The pilot stated his electronic fuel monitor showed over three hours of remaining fuel prior to loss of engine power.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN IN FLIGHT FOR APPROXIMATELY THREE HOURS AND FORTY FIVE MINUTES. WHILE AT CRUISE, THE PILOT STATED THE ENGINE STARTED TO CUT OUT AND EVENTUALLY STOPPED RUNNING. THE PILOT COULD NOT MAKE THE NEAREST AIRPORT AT CHILLICOTHE, MO AND MADE A FORCED LANDING IN A GRASS PASTURE. THE PILOT STATED HIS ELECTRONIC FUEL MONITOR SHOWED OVER THREE HOURS OF REMAINING FUEL PRIOR TO LOSS OF ENGINE POWER.