# Accident 20210425013199A: Meyeres F L/Meyeres M M SKYSTAR KTFOX CLSC 4, Mountan Rest, SC, April 25, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 2021, 11:07 local time
- Place: Mountan Rest, SC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8542° N, 83.1503° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8542&lon=-83.1503&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90KF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N90KF-2023-01-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Meyeres F L/Meyeres M M SKYSTAR KTFOX CLSC 4 (registry code 0561026, https://openairdocs.org/model/meyeres-f-l-meyeres-m-m-skystar-ktfox-clsc-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MEYERES F L/MEYERES M M SKYSTAR KTFOX CLSC 4
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR ROTEC
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA21LA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA192) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210425013199A

## Narrative

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

RECEIVED NOTICE OF AIRPLANE CRASH SUNDAYAPRIL 25, 2021 AT 1136 EASTERN TIME. AFTER COORDINATING WITH LOCAL LEO, ESTABLISHED THAT TWO PASSENGERS HAD SURVIVED A PLANE CRASH IN A SMALL EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT IN A RURAL HILLY AREA IN UPSTATE SC AT MOUNTAIN REST. LEO STATED THAT IT WAS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WOULD ATTEMPT TO SECURE GATE TO DISCOURAGE MEDIA OR ONLOOKERS.

APRIL 26, 2021 1030 LOCAL, INSPECTOR ARRIVED ON SCENE. INSPECTOR PHOTOGRAPHED THE AREA AND INSPECTED COCKPIT AREA AND AIRCRAFT. AIRPLANE APPEARED TO IMPACT TREES, AND DECEND AT APPROX 45 DEGREE ANGLE COMING TO REST IN SMALL DITCH/CREEK IN APPROX 1 FOOT OF WATER. ALL MAJOR AIRPLANE COMPONENETS PRESENT AFTER IMPACT WITH TREE. EMPANAGE WITH ALL TAIL SURFACES STILL STUCK IN TREE ABOUT 300 FEET ABOVE AIRCRAFT. LEFT WING DETACTHED AND BEHIND AIRCRAFT. COCKPIT AREA BROKEN OPEN. INITAL RESPONDERS FOUND PILOT LAYING BESIDE FUESLAGE AND PASSENGER WALKING NEARBY. PILOT COMPLAINED OF CHEST INJURY AND PASSENGER COMPLAINED OF HIP PAIN. BOTH AIRLIFTED TO GREENVILLE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (GMH). PILOT MADE STATEMENT TO SHERIFF DEPUTY ON SCENE THAT ENGINE HAD FAILED. INSPECTOR CALLED GMH TO ASK IF PILOT WAS ABLE TO GIVE A STATEMENT. NURSE ON DUTY STATED THAT PILOT DID NOT WISH TO SPEAK AND THAT HE HAD RETAINED COUNCEL AND INSPECTOR WOULD NEED TO SPEAK WITH HIM. INSPECTOR RETRIEVED ENGINE AND AIRFRAME LOGBOOKS FROM COCKPIT. NO OTHER DOCUMENTS FOUND AT SCENE.

ON MAY 11, 2020 AW INSPECTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TRAVELLED TO WESTMINSTER, SC TO INSPECT THE ENGINE AND TO MEET THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OF N90KF. INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE SHOWED THERE TO BE NO CARB HEATER INSTALLED. A MANUFACTURER OPERATION MANUAL FROM ROTEC STATED ON PAGE 56 THAT AN AIR FILTER AND CARBURETOR HEATER (BOTH NOT SUPPLIED) SHOULD BE INCORPORATED IN THE AIR INTAKE DUCTING. A SUBSEQUENT CALL TO THE BUILDER OF THIS KIT AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT NO CARB HEATER WAS INSTALLED. HE STATED THAT IT WAS NOT NEEDED, BECAUSE IT WAS NOT SUPPLIED.

## 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 ERA21LA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA192), Apr 25, 2021: Meyeres F L/Meyeres M M Skystar Ktfox Clsc 4 (N90KF), Mountain Rest, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: A partial loss of engine power due to carburetor icing. Contributing to the accident was the engine’s lack of carburetor heat.

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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