20220413004629A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Klein Fred R EUROPA XS MONO · Eastsound, WA · April 13, 2022

Date
April 13, 2022 · 11:45 local
Place
Eastsound, WA
Airport
Orcas Island
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N194XS
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR22LA158
Reported as
Klein Fred R Europa XS Mono
Reported engine
SUBARU EA-81
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
257 total74 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Upon approach, pilot accidently turned off electrical power to coils which rendered engine ingnition inoperative causing loss of engine power and altitude landing short of runway.

As the FAA filed it

UPON APPROACH, PILOT ACCIDENTLY TURNED OFF ELECTRICAL POWER TO COILS WHICH RENDERED ENGINE INGNITION INOPERATIVE CAUSING LOSS OF ENGINE POWER AND ALTITUDE LANDING SHORT OF RUNWAY.

NTSB investigation

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