# NTSB DFW07CA060: Tanker DR-107 One Design, N385DT, Rockwall, TX, January 26, 2007 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: January 26, 2007, 16:00 local (22:00 UTC) - Place: Rockwall, TX - Coordinates: 32.756944, -96.353611 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7569&lon=-96.3536&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report April 25, 2007 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: Dallas, Texas - NTSB case key (mKey): 65204 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DFW07CA060 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/65204/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07CA060 ## 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 In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of engine power, go-around (vfr) - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause) - Forced landing, emergency descent/landing - On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, emergency landing - terrain condition - none suitable (contributing factor) - terrain condition - muddy ## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N385DT-2007-12-03), registration cancelled 2007-12-03, S/N 96-385, built 2006 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Tanker DR-107 One Design - Registry model: [Tanker Dennis ONE DESIGN DR-107](https://openairdocs.org/model/tanker-dennis-one-design-dr-107) (registry code 05617OL) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming O-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-320-series) (registry code 42389, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane, amateur-built - Serial number: 96-385 - Airframe hours: 1 - Engines: 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 ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 41; injuries: none; 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 (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20070126000889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070126000889A), Jan 26, 2007: Onedes DR107, Dallas, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) On Friday January 26, 2007 I responded to a call from the FAA regional coummunications center regarding an accident in rockwall county Texas at rockwall… 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.