- Date
- January 26, 2007, 16:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Rockwall, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N385DTTanker DR-107 One Design
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 2007
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Dallas, Texas
- FAA report
- 20070126000889A
- Case key
- 65204
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Probable cause
A loss of engine power for an undetermined reason during a go-around, which resulted in a forced landing. A contributing factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the 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 airline transport pilot reported that he was having difficulty maintaining control of the single-engine experimental airplane while attempting to land. He aborted the landing and executed a go-around. During the go-around, he reported that the engine lost power, and he subsequently made a forced landing in a wet field, one half-mile from the departure end of the runway. The airplane sustained structural damage to the main right main landing gear spars and both wings. The weather reported at the time of the accident was wind from 150 degrees at 5 knots, clear skies, unlimited visibility, and a temperature of 70 degrees Fahrenheit. The reason for the reported loss of engine power could not be determined.
Factual narrative
The 4,450-hour airline transport pilot reported that he was having difficulty maintaining control of the single-engine experimental airplane while attempting to land. The pilot aborted the landing and executed a go-around. During the go-around, the pilot reported that the engine lost power. The pilot made a forced landing in a wet field one half-mile from the departure end of the 2,630-foot-long by 30-foot-wide asphalt runway. The airplane sustained structural damage to the main airplane truss, the left and right main landing gear spars, left and right wings, and the propeller. The weather reported at the time of the accident was wind from 150 degrees at 5 knots, clear skies, unlimited visibility, and a temperature of 70 degrees Fahrenheit. The reason for the reported loss of engine power could not be determined
Aircraft
- Registration
- N385DT
- Reported as
- Tanker DR-107 One Design
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 96-385
- Airframe hours
- 1
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dennis Tanker
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Condition · January 1, 2007
- Departed
- T48 · Rockwall, TX
- Destination
- T48 · Rockwall, TX
- Airport
- 1F7 · Airpark East, runway 13, 2,630 × 30 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
- 41
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- September 1, 2006
- Seat
- Single
- Flight hours
- 4,450 total · 1 in this make and model · 4,335 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.