- Date
- January 19, 1991, 10:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hays, KS
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2164KRans S-11 Pursuit
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910119000709A
- Case key
- 14810
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Probable cause
An engine failure caused by a seized piston. A factor associated with the accident is the failure of the pilot to maintain a proper descent rate during his forced landing.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The accident airplane landed hard after an engine failure at altitude. The airplane caught fire after impact. Engine disassembly revealed a seized piston in number 1 cylinder.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2164K
- Reported as
- Rans S-11 Pursuit (S-11 PURSU)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1089002
- Airframe hours
- 5
- Engine
- Rotax 582, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Randall J. Schlitter
- Registered owner
- Randall J. Schlitter
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 16, 1991 · 5 hours before
- Airport
- HYS · Hays Muni, runway 34, 6,300 × 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
- 37
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 1 in this make and model · 60 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 34 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HYS, 1 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.