# Accident 20200106000229A: Gancar William G GLASAIR 1 RG, Mt Sterling, KY, January 6, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 6, 2020, 17:43 local time
- Place: Mt Sterling, KY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0750° N, 83.9794° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0750&lon=-83.9794&mi=10
- Aircraft: N118CV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N118CV-2020-08-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gancar William G GLASAIR 1 RG (registry code 05627NY, https://openairdocs.org/model/gancar-william-g-glasair-1-rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Superior O-320-A1AC2 (registry code 59253, https://openairdocs.org/engine/superior-o-320-a1ac2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GANCAR WILLIAM G GLASAIR 1 RG
- Reported engine: SUPERIOR O-320-A1AC2
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 591 total, 361 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA20LA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20LA069) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200106000229A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS ACCOMPLISHING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS AT MT STERLING KIOB FOR SEVERAL LANDINGS THEN TO MOREHEAD KSYM FOR A LANDING. HE RETURNED TO MT STERLING KIOB FOR A FULL STOP TAXI BACK FOR TAKEOFF. ON DEPARTURE THERE WAS A TWIN CESSNA IN THE PATTERN SO HE ELECTED TO TURN OUT NORTHWEST OFF OF RUNWAY 03 TO GET OUT OF THE WAY. THIS IS WHEN THIS FLIGHT TAKES A TURN FOR THE WORSE. HIS ENGINE STOPPED PRODUCING POWER BUT CONTINUED TO WINDMILL. HE SWITCHED TANKS AND TURNED ON THE BOOST PUMP THIS PROVIDED NO RESULT. HE THEN MADE A RADIO CALL THAT HIS ENGINE HAD QUIT. THE TWIN CESSNA (^MIKE MILLER^) HELPED NAVIGATE HIM TO IH-64. HE STRUCK TREES AND THEN TREES AGAIN. AFTER THE SECOND SET OF TREES HE BLACKED OUT. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND AND SLID TO A STOP. FUEL WAS NOTED IN PHOTOS OF THE ACCIDENT SCENE TRAILING FROM THE AIRCRAFT AFTER THE MAIN FUEL TANKS RUPTURED.

I THEN ASKED HIM WHAT TANK HE WAS FEEDING THE ENGINE FROM WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT. HE SAID THE MAIN TANK AND HE SWITCHED TO HEADER TO TRY AND RESTART THE ENGINE. I LET HIM TALK MORE ABOUT THE ACCIDENT AND THE FUEL SELECTOR. I THEN ASKED HIM WHAT POSITION THE FUEL SELECTOR WAS LAST IN BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. HE SAID HEADER AND WAS ADAMANT ABOUT IT. HE SAID WHEN HE WENT FROM MAIN TO HEADER HE HAD TO RAISE THE GATE TO MOVE THE FUEL SELECTOR TO HEADER. (I DREW HIM A PICTURE OF THE FUEL SELECTOR AND ALL OF THE POSITIONS)THEN TOLD HIM THE FUEL SELECTOR WAS IN THE OFF POSITION AND COULD NOT MOVE IT OUT OF THE OFF POSITION WHILE THE AIRPLANE WAS ON IT'S BELLY. HE SAID I MIGHT HAVE SCREWED UP THEN. HE SAID THIS ACCOUNT FROM TALKING TO ME WAS THE MOST HE HAD LEARNED ABOUT THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 ERA20LA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20LA069), Jan 6, 2020: Glassair I (N118CV), Mount Sterling, KY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s mismanagement of the fuel selector, which resulted in fuel starvation and a total loss of engine power.

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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