# NTSB CEN22LA201: Quicksilver Sport 2S, N202JC, Osawatomie, KS, May 13, 2022

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: May 13, 2022, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Osawatomie, KS
- Coordinates: 38.529908, -95.020444
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5299&lon=-95.0204&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Fuel exhaustion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/192)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 minor
- 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
- NTSB case key (mKey): 105081
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN22LA201
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/105081/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105081
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA201

## 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

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Fluids: fuel](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01071010): Aircraft › Fluids/misc hardware · Fluid management (probable cause); cases with it: [Quicksilver SPORT 2S, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01071010/cases.md?model=0590025), [All aircraft, 1,695 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01071010/cases.md)
- [Fluids: fuel](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01071010): Aircraft › Fluids/misc hardware · Fluid level (probable cause); cases with it: [Quicksilver SPORT 2S, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01071010/cases.md?model=0590025), [All aircraft, 1,695 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01071010/cases.md)
- [Planning/preparation: fuel planning](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02061030): Personnel issues › Task performance · Flight crew (probable cause); cases with it: [Quicksilver SPORT 2S, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02061030/cases.md?model=0590025), [All aircraft, 719 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02061030/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Enroute-cruise: Fuel exhaustion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/192) (defining event); cases with it: [Quicksilver SPORT 2S, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/192/sequence.md?model=0590025), [All aircraft, 804 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/192/sequence.md)
- [Enroute-cruise: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341); cases with it: [Quicksilver SPORT 2S, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md?model=0590025), [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)
- [Enroute-cruise: Attempted remediation/recovery](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060); cases with it: [Quicksilver SPORT 2S, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060/sequence.md?model=0590025), [All aircraft, 1,422 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060/sequence.md)
- [Emergency descent: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341); cases with it: [Quicksilver SPORT 2S, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md?model=0590025), [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)
- [Landing: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Quicksilver SPORT 2S, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=0590025), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N202JC), registered now, S/N 0105, built 2005 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: QUICKSILVER AIRCRAFT CO SPORT 2S
- Registry model: [Quicksilver SPORT 2S](https://openairdocs.org/model/quicksilver-sport-2s) (registry code 05902BZ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Rotax 582SER](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-582ser) (registry code 55556, 2 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 0105
- Year built: 2005
- Airframe hours: 245
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 72; injuries: serious; 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

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20220513011199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220513011199A), May 13, 2022: Quicksilver Aircraft Co SPORT 2S, Osowatamie, KS, Substantial damage. Aircraft was depleted of fuel during flight due to pilot error.

## Docket (3 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 27, 2022, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105081. 2.4 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 11 pages, 2.1 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13939795&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=NTSB%20report_Updated_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Record of correspondence - pilot (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 104 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14194913&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=RECORD%20OF%20CORRESPONDENCE%20-%20Pilot-Rel.pdf
- Photo log (item 3, PDF, 1 page, 115 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13939815&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%20Log-Rel.pdf

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.

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