# Incident 20250308003139I: Czech Aircraft Works Spol Sro SPORTCRUISER, Delta, UT, March 8, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 2025, 10:45 local time
- Place: Delta, UT
- Airport: Delta Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3828° N, 112.5022° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DELTA MUNI (DTA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3828&lon=-112.5022&mi=10
- Aircraft: N636SC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N636SC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Czech Aircraft Works Spol Sro SPORTCRUISER (registry code 060002O, https://openairdocs.org/model/czech-aircraft-works-spol-sro-sportcruiser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912S series (registry code 55570, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912s-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CZECH AIRCRAFT WORKS SPOL SRO SPORTCRUISER
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 578 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250308003139I

## Narrative

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

ON 03/08/2025, AFTER A THOROUGH PREFLIGHT IN SPANISH FORK UT, THE PILOT FLEW TO DELTA, UT MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (DTA). AFTER REFUELING THE AIRCRAFT IN DELTA, THE PILOT PUSHED THE AIRCRAFT AWAY FROM THE SELF-SERVICE FUEL PUMP. THE PILOT RAN INTO THE FBO TO USE THE RESTROOM. THE PILOT THEN SUMPED THE FUEL TANKS AND GASCOLATOR AND GOT IN THE AIRPLANE AND STARTED THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT MADE AN ABNORMAL SOUND DURING STARTUP AND THE PILOT SAW IN THE CORNER OF HIS EYE SOMETHING FALL NEAR THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT SHUT DOWN THE AIRCRAFT'S ENGINE; IT WAS RUNNING FOR ABOUT 5 SECONDS. UPON INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT, THE PILOT NOTICED THE PROPELLER BLADES WERE DAMAGED. A PROPELLER BLADE HAD A PIECE BROKEN OFF WHICH WAS ABOUT 6-8 INCHES LONG. ANOTHER PROPELLER BLADE WAS SEPARATING IN LAYERS AND SHOWED STRESS SIGNS AT THE ROOT OF THE BLADE PROPELLER. THE FRONT NOSE GEAR APPEARED RELATIVELY UNDAMAGED BUT HAD A FEW MARKS ON IT WHICH THE PILOT BELIEVED WERE FROM THE PROPELLER BLADES CONTACTING THE FRONT TIRE.

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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