# Accident 20230531008489A: Progressive Aerodyne Inc SEAREY LSA, Detroit, MI, May 31, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 2023, 20:31 local time
- Place: Detroit, MI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4093° N, 83.0102° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4093&lon=-83.0102&mi=10
- Aircraft: N316SR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N316SR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Progressive Aerodyne SEAREY LSA (registry code 06001AO, https://openairdocs.org/model/progressive-aerodyne-searey-lsa) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PROGRESSIVE AERODYNE INC SEAREY LSA
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,984 total, 60 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN23LA214](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA214) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230531008489A

## Narrative

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

DURING LANDING APPROACH PHASE OF FLIGHT CFI TOOK CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT AFTER ENGINE QUIT. PILOT RECIEVING INSTRUCTION FOR CURRENCY ATEMPTED RESTART. ENGINE DID NOT RESTART AND CFI ATEMPTED OFF-FIELD LANDING AT SCHOOL YARD. AIRCRAFT RIGHT WING STRUCK TREES. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST BETWEEN HOME CHAIN LINK FENCE AND GARAGE WALL (AIRCRAFT NOSE TO FENCE AND TAIL TO GARAGE WALL).

AIRCRAFT WAS NOSE AND LEFT WING DOWN. EMPNAGE WAS BENT UP AND TAIL OF AIRCRAFT WAS PARTIALLY ON GARAGE ROOF FASCIA. ONE PROPELLER BLADE WAS BROKE APPROXIMATEY 4" FROM TIP FROM THE BENT EMPNAGE. TWO PROPELLER BLADES WERE NOT DAMAGED. INDICATING NO MOVEMENT AT TIME OF IMPACT WITH TREES. RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE WAS DAMAGE FROM IMPACT WITH TREES AND A HOLE TORN THRU TOP AND BOTTOM WING SURFACE, OUTBOARD OF WING STRUT ATTACH POINT. NOSE HULL OF AIRCRAFT WAS SEPERATED AT FACTORY SEAM AND BATTERY ACCESS COVER WAS OPEN. LEFT WING WAS BENT UP APPROXIMATELY 90 AT MID POINT OF AILERON. FLAP POSITION WAS UP BUT BOTH INPUT BRACKETS WERE BENT GIVING A SPLIT FLAP APPEARANCE POST CRASH. ENGINE AND SYSTEMS REMAINED INTACT. REAR ENGINE MOUNT STRUCTURE WAS DAMAGED.  MASTER SWITCHS WERE OFF, AND IGNITION  KEY WAS BENT AND IN LEFT MAGNETO POSITION. FUEL PUMP SWITCH WAS IN THE ON POSITION. ALL CIRCUIT BREAKERS IN AND LATCHED. SEVERAL AIRCRAFT CHECKLISTS WERE FOUND IN THE COCKPIT. WITH ANGLE OF AIRCRAFT LEFT WING DOWNAND NOSE DOWN FUEL TANK SHOWED SMALL AMOUNT OF FUEL IN FORWARD LEFT CORNER OF TANK. PLACARD ON FUEL TANK LEFT IS FOR GROUND CONDITION TAIL DOWN NOSE UP. PLACARD ON FUEL TANK RIGHT IS FOR FLIGHT CONDITION, NO FUEL WAS OBSERVABLE BY FLIGHT CONDITION PLACARD. CARBERATOR FLOAT BOWLS WERE CHECKED, AND EACH HAD A SMALL AMOUT OF RESIDUAL FUEL IN BOTTOM OF EACH BOWL. POLICE REPORT WAS OBTAINED, "BOTH VICTIMS STATED THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD RAN OUT OF FUEL" VICTIMS MEANING PILOTS.

## 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 CEN23LA214](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA214), Jun 1, 2023: Progressive Aerodyne Searey LSA (N316SR), Detroit, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion that resulted from the pilots’ inadequate preflight planning.

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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