# NTSB CEN25LA091: Aircraft Mfg & Development CH 2000, N334LF, Ennis, TX, February 2, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: February 1, 2025, 22:30 local (Feb 2, 2025, 04:30 UTC)
- Place: Ennis, TX
- Coordinates: 32.36039, -96.53669 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3604&lon=-96.5367&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: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- 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 - North Texas FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 199640
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN25LA091
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/199640/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=199640
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA091

## Probable cause

The pilot’s improper fuel planning which resulted in the total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.

## Findings

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

- [Planning/preparation: fuel planning](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02061030): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Aircraft Mfg & Development CH 2000, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02061030/cases.md?model=0033001), [All aircraft, 719 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02061030/cases.md)
- [Fluids: fuel](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01071010): Aircraft › Fluids/misc hardware · Fluid level (probable cause); cases with it: [Aircraft Mfg & Development CH 2000, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01071010/cases.md?model=0033001), [All aircraft, 1,695 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01071010/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: [Aircraft Mfg & Development CH 2000, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/192/sequence.md?model=0033001), [All aircraft, 804 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/192/sequence.md)
- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Off-field or emergency landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440); cases with it: [Aircraft Mfg & Development CH 2000, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440/sequence.md?model=0033001), [All aircraft, 3,365 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440/sequence.md)

## Analysis

After about 4 hours and 15 minutes of a cross-country flight, while approaching the final destination, the airplane ran out of fuel. The pilot attempted to divert to a closer airport but had to execute a forced landing to a grassy field. Upon landing the airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage above the right wing. Examination of the airplane at the accident site confirmed that there no usable fuel in the fuel tanks. The pilot stated that he should have refueled earlier in the flight, and that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane, engine, or related systems that would have precluded normal operations.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N334LF](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N334LF), registered now, S/N 20-1026 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRCRAFT MFG & DEVELOPMENT CO CH 2000
- Registry model: [Aircraft Mfg & Development CH 2000](https://openairdocs.org/model/aircraft-mfg-development-ch-2000) (registry code 0033001) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 20-1026
- Year built: 2003
- Airframe hours: 2000
- Engines: Lycoming )-235-NLC 115 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Condition, February 1, 2025
- Departed: RNV, Cleveland, MS
- Destination: Same as departure
- Equipment: Stall warning system, Electronic flight bag or handheld device

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 253 total, 25 in this make and model, 161 as pilot in command, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night
- Wind: 160° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 54 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter: 30.05 inHg
- Observed at: KLNC, 16 nm away
- METAR: KLNC 020335Z AUTO 16005KT 10SM CLR 12/02 A3005 RMK AO2 T01200015

## 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 20250201013809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250201013809A), Feb 1, 2025: Aircraft Mfg & Development Co CH 2000, Ennis, TX, Substantial damage. Forced landing to a grassy field 6 miles short of T41

## Docket (3 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 6, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=199640. 8.4 MB in all.

- NTSB form 6120 pilot operator report CEN25LA091 (item 1, PDF, 9 pages, 7.3 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18346256&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=NTSB%20Form%206120%20Pilot%20Operator%20Report%20CEN25LA091_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Memorandum for the record FAA accident site findings CEN25LA091 (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 75 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18315716&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Memorandum%20for%20the%20Record%20FAA%20Accident%20Site%20Findings%20CEN25LA091_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Investigation photographs CEN25LA091 (item 3, PDF, 3 pages, 970 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18315083&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Investigation%20Photographs%20CEN25LA091-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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