- Date
- May 13, 2022, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Osawatomie, KS
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N202JCQuicksilver Sport 2S
- Defining event
- Enroute-cruise: Fuel exhaustion
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration; Wichita FSDO
- FAA report
- 20220513011199A
- Case key
- 105081
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion and the pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane during a forced landing which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot stated that the airplane experienced a total loss of engine power after flying for about 30-45 minutes. The pilot was unable to restart the engine and performed a forced landing on a dirt field. During the approach for landing, the airplane stalled about 20-30 ft above the ground and impacted the ground. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the frame, wing struts, and empennage. The pilot stated that the loss of engine power was due to fuel exhaustion.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N202JC
- Reported as
- Quicksilver Sport 2S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0105
- Built
- 2005
- Airframe hours
- 245
- Engine
- Rotax 582, 65 hp, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental light sport (Special)
- Last inspection
- Condition · April 22, 2022
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Equipment
- Airframe parachute
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
- 72
- Injuries
- Serious
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Sport pilot
- Last flight review
- April 15, 2021
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 770 total · 52 in this make and model · 691 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 80 °F, dew point 65 °F
- Observed at
- 5 nm away
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 27, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.4 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.