# NTSB DEN06CA085: Brent W. Brown Murphy Moose, N142SR, St. Francis, KS, June 10, 2006 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: June 10, 2006, 10:00 local (15:00 UTC) - Place: St. Francis, KS - Coordinates: 39.768611, -101.804725 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7686&lon=-101.8047&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 3 uninjured - Status: Completed, report October 3, 2006 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: FAA Flight Standards District Office - NTSB case key (mKey): 63907 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN06CA085 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/63907/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN06CA085 ## Probable cause the pilot's failure to open the fuel selector valve, resulting in fuel starvation. Contributing factors were the pilot's failure to use a checklist, his attention being diverted, and the fence. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of engine power, takeoff - initial climb - fuel tank selector position - not corrected, pilot in command (cause) - fuel system,selector/valve - closed - fluid,fuel - starvation (cause) - diverted attention, pilot in command (contributing factor) - checklist - not used, pilot in command (contributing factor) - Forced landing, emergency landing after takeoff - On ground/water collision with object, emergency landing - object - fence (contributing factor) - Nose over, landing - roll ## Analysis The pilot said that shortly after taking off, the engine lost all power. He continued flying straight ahead and made an off-airport landing. The airplane struck a barbed wire fence and nosed over. The pilot said that after landing earlier that morning, he had closed the fuel valve (because he had a small leak in one of the fuel tanks) and he forgot to turn it back on prior to the accident flight. He said he had been distracted several times and failed to use the checklist. Both wing caps and the vertical stabilizer were crushed, and the fuselage was buckled. ## Factual narrative The pilot said that shortly after taking off, the engine lost all power. He continued flying straight ahead and made an off-airport landing. The airplane struck a barbed wire fence and nosed over. The pilot said that after landing earlier that morning, he had closed the fuel valve (because he had a small leak in one of the fuel tanks) and he forgot to turn it back on prior to the accident flight. He said he had been distracted several times and failed to use the checklist. Both wing caps and the vertical stabilizer were crushed, and the fuselage was buckled. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N142SR](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N142SR-2007-05-10), registration cancelled 2007-05-10, S/N 142SR, built 2003 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Brent W. Brown Murphy Moose - Registry model: [Brown Brent W MOOSE](https://openairdocs.org/model/brown-brent-w-moose) (registry code 056149D) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane, amateur-built - Serial number: 142SR - Airframe hours: 280 - Engines: Yakovlev M-14P 360 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special) - Last inspection: Annual, May 1, 2006 - Departed: SYF, St. Francis, KS - Destination: 18V, Hudson, CO - Airport: SYF, Cheyenne County Municipal, runway 31R, 2,833 × 180 ft, grass/turf ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 50; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; last flight review May 1, 2005; seat: left; flight hours: 855 total, 248 in this make and model, 762 as pilot in command, 23 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 30° at 14 knots, gusting 21 - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 57 °F - Altimeter: 29.86 inHg - Observed at: GLD, 24 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 20060610012889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060610012889A), Jun 10, 2006: MURPHYMOOSE, St Frances, KS, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot [privacy data omitted] was pilot in command of N142SR, a exp. Murphy moose, departing syf (st francis, Kansas) when shortly after take off the… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.