# Incident 20260319003979I: Cook James R STOL CH750, Warm Springs, GA, March 19, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 19, 2026, 11:30 local time
- Place: Warm Springs, GA
- Airport: Roosevelt Memorial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9385° N, 84.6964° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ROOSEVELT MEML (5A9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9385&lon=-84.6964&mi=10
- Aircraft: N379RC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N379RC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cook James R STOL CH750 (registry code 05641WV, https://openairdocs.org/model/cook-james-r-stol-ch750) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Viking 130 (registry code 63998, https://openairdocs.org/engine/viking-130) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: COOK JAMES R STOL CH750
- Reported engine: VIKING 130
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 10 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260319003979I

## Narrative

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

ON 03/19/2026 AT APPROX. 1130 L THE PILOT DEPARTED ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL AIRPORT (5A9) ON A PART 91 LOCAL FLIGHT INTENDING TO PRACTICE LANDINGS, DUE TO HAZE AND LOCAL THERMALS THE PILOT HEADED TO HARRIS COUNTY AIRPORT (PIM), HOWEVER DUE TO THE CONTINUED ROUGH AIR HE RETURNED TO 5A9 TO TERMINATE THE FLIGHT. AFTER CROSSING MID FIELD AT 5A9 HE ENTERED AN EXTENDED DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 18, WINDS WERE REPORTED 6K AT 270, A 90-DEGREE CROSSWIND, THE PILOT TURNED BASE, AT THIS POINT AND BEFORE TURNING FINAL THE ENGINE QUIT. THE PILOT DID NOT THINK HE COULD SAFELY GLIDE TO 5A9 AND LOCATED A CLEARED FIELD (PASTURE), MANEUVERING TO AVOID TREES AND A POWERLINE THE AIRCRAFT MADE A HARD OFF FIELD LANDING. THE NOSE WHEEL, NOSE WHEEL FORK AND RADIATOR DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT, THE AIRCRAFT SLID APPROX. 150 FEET ON THE NOSE. INSPECTION ON SITE OF THE AIRCRAFT FOUND DAMAGE TO THE LOWER ENGINE COWL, NOSE STRUT, PROPELLER AND RADIATOR, FUEL WAS PRESENT IN BOTH TANKS’. AIRCRAFT WAS IN "PHASE 1" WITH 9.3 HOURS ON THE TACH. THE PILOT STATED THE ENGINE WAS OPERATING NORMALLY UP UNTIL IT QUIT.

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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