# Incident 20220625011249I: Zwart Dennis B SKY STAR VIXEN, Montezuma, KS, June 25, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 25, 2022, 07:20 local time
- Place: Montezuma, KS
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5925° N, 100.4508° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Montezuma, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5925&lon=-100.4508&mi=10
- Aircraft: N955F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N955F-2025-09-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Zwart Dennis B SKY STAR VIXEN (registry code 05602AY, https://openairdocs.org/model/zwart-dennis-b-sky-star-vixen) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-240-B (registry code 17177, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-240-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ZWART DENNIS B SKY STAR VIXEN
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-240-B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 442 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220625011249I

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT STARTED FROM MEADE KS (MEJ). DEPARTED MEJ AT ~ 06:50 TRAVELING TO CASPER WY. CRUISING ON AUTOPILOT AT APPROXIMATELY 2400 FEET AGL, THE ENGINE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH AND LOST POWER. PILOT SHUT DOWN ENGINE GAINED A VISUAL ON A RUNWAY AND ELECTED TO LAND AT MONTEZUMA KS. HIS APPROACH WAS GOING TO COME UP SHORT AND PILOT WAS FORCED TO LAND IN A NEARBY FIELD LINED UP WITH THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST A SHORT DISTANCE FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY. PILOT ONLY, NO PASSENGERS, NO INJURIES. PILOT CALLED NTSB FIRST AS HE RECALLED FROM PRIVATE PILOT TRAINING. NTSB ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO BE MOVED TO SHELTER BUT NO OTHER ACTIVITY UNTIL FURTHER FAA NOTICE. THE LANDING RESULTED IN AN UNFORESEEN CROSS-FURROW ROLL OUT THAT BROKE OFF THE NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY ALLOWING THE AIRCRAFT NOSE TO DROP. PILOT STATED THE PROP WAS STOPPED IN A HORIZONTAL POSITION. WITNESSES FROM THE AIRPORT PROVIDED ASSISTANCE.

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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