# Accident 20251001015319A: Quartz Mountain Aerospace Inc 11E, Winterset, IA, October 1, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 1, 2025, 17:52 local time
- Place: Winterset, IA
- Airport: Winterset Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4487° N, 94.1129° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4487&lon=-94.1129&mi=10
- Aircraft: N516BW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N516BW-2026-06-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Quartz Mountain Aerospace 11E (registry code 7320100, https://openairdocs.org/model/quartz-mountain-aerospace-11e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360-ES (registry code 17160, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-es) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: QUARTZ MOUNTAIN AEROSPACE INC 11E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,778 total, 18 in this make and model, 112 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN26LA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA003) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251001015319A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE POWER LOSS DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION WHILE ON THE RNAV 14 APPROACH TO 3Y3 AT 2,700 FT.  AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS PERFORMED ON A RECENTLY TILLED FARM FIELD APPROX 8 SM NW OF 3Y3.

## 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 CEN26LA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA003), Oct 1, 2025: Quartz Mountain Aerospace 11E (N516BW), Earlham, IA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s inadequate fuel management which resulted in the total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.

## Other reports on N516BW (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20120516008159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120516008159I), May 16, 2012: Quartz Mountain Aerospace Inc 11E (N516BW), Waco, TX, Minor damage. Pilot flew 312 NM trip and miss calucated his fuel burn and landed 1 mile short with no fuel on board.

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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