# Accident 20230115005339A: Cheek Carroll HATZ/CHEEK, Brashear, TX, January 15, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 15, 2023, 09:30 local time
- Place: Brashear, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9842° N, 95.6933° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9842&lon=-95.6933&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1957P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CHEEK CARROLL HATZ/CHEEK
- Reported engine: WARNER SS165 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN23LA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA083) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230115005339A

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 15, 2023 AT 0930 CST, A HATZ/CHEEK HOME BUILT EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, S/N 825 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND MANUFACTURED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WHILE ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE HILLTOP LAKES PRIVATE STRIP ENROUTE TO SULPHER SPRINGS TX (SLR)FOR A FUEL STOP. WHILE ENROUTE AT 3500 FEET MSL, THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND THE PILOT DECIDED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING. THE LANDING SITE WAS AT 3724 CR1163, BRASHEAR, TX. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC) PREVAILED AND THERE WAS NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED. DURING FLAIR PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN, THE PILOT "AS HE STATED" STALLED THE AIRCRAFT AND DROPPED HARD TO THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES DUE TO THIS ACCIDENT. THE PILOT HOLDS A PRIVATE PILOTS LICENSE.

## 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 CEN23LA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA083), Jan 15, 2023: Cheek Carroll Hatz/Cheek (N1957P), Brashear, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: A partial loss of engine power due to the formation of carburetor ice, which resulted in the inability to maintain altitude and the subsequent hard forced landing.

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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