- Date
- April 7, 2006, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Shelbyville, TN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N122JVFlight Design Ctsw
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 3, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FSDO 03 NASHVILLE
- FAA report
- 20060407009449A
- Case key
- 63672
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate in-flight planning/decision which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated that he departed Marco Island Airport en route to Shelbyville, Tennessee. He encountered some weather along his route of flight and elected not to stop for fuel. Upon arrival in Shelbyville he turned on final approach to runway 18 and the engine lost power. The pilot stated that he flared the airplane high, and the airplane touched down hard 300 to 500 feet short of the runway. Examination of the airplane by the FAA revealed the landing gear, bottom of the fuselage and the firewall was damaged. The fuel tanks were not ruptured and no fuel was present in the fuel lines.
Factual narrative
On April 7, 2006, at 1200 central daylight time, a Flight Design GMBH CTSW, N122JV, registered to and operated by a private owner as a 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight, landed short of runway 18 at Bomar Field-Shelbyville Municipal Airport, Shelbyville, Tennessee. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The airplane was substantially damaged. The pilot and passenger were not injured. The flight originated from Marco Island Airport, Marco Island, Florida, on April 7, 2006 at 0715.
The pilot stated he departed Marco Island Airport enroute to Shelbyville, Tennessee. He encountered some weather along his route of flight and elected not to stop for fuel. Upon arrival in Shelbyville he turned on final approach to runway 18 and the engine quit. The pilot stated he flared the airplane high, and the airplane touched down hard 300 to 500 feet short of the runway.
Examination of the airplane by the FAA revealed the landing gear, bottom of the fuselage, and the firewall was damaged. The fuel tanks were not ruptured and no fuel was present in the fuel lines.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N122JV
- Reported as
- Flight Design Ctsw
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 14-11-06
- Airframe hours
- 250
- Engine
- Rotax 912S, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Vk Planes LLC
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 2006
- Departed
- MKY · Marco Island, FL
- Destination
- Shelbyville, TN
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- KSYI · Bomar Field-Shelbyville Munici, runway 18, 5,003 × 100 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 70
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Sport Pilot
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Last flight review
- July 1, 2005
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 500 total · 250 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,800 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.73 inHg
- Observed at
- KMQY, 27 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.