20200424005759A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Keuthan BUCCANEER II · Coden, AL · April 24, 2020

Date
April 24, 2020 · 10:38 local
Place
Coden, AL
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N43310
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA20LA161
Reported as
Keuthan Buccaneer II
Reported engine
ROTAX 582SER
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,100 total3 in this make and model3 in the last 90 days

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.

Pilot stated with one hour and fifteen minutes into flight at 900 feet above bay inlet, the engine began to lose power. He turned on fuel pump and pumped throttle, however the engine quit. Approaching 150 AGL with the intent on landing when the aircraft stalled, struck power lines and came to rest on the island canal bank, inverted, on top of trees . Pilot released lap belt and exited the aircraft uninjured.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED WITH ONE HOUR AND FIFTEEN MINUTES INTO FLIGHT AT 900 FEET ABOVE BAY INLET, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER. HE TURNED ON FUEL PUMP AND PUMPED THROTTLE, HOWEVER THE ENGINE QUIT. APPROACHING 150 AGL WITH THE INTENT ON LANDING WHEN THE AIRCRAFT STALLED, STRUCK POWER LINES AND CAME TO REST ON THE ISLAND CANAL BANK, INVERTED, ON TOP OF TREES . PILOT RELEASED LAP BELT AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT UNINJURED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.