# NTSB MKC72DCQ41: Motor Spatz SF24, N41FA, Dodge City, KS, February 13, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: February 13, 1972
- Place: Dodge City, KS · DODGE CITY, KS
- Location: 37.7607° N, 100.0184° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dodge City, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7607&lon=-100.0184&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 17, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 165473
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC72DCQ41
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC72DCQ41

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2026  72/2/13    DODGE CITY,KANS     MOTOR SPATZ SF24    CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1530                    N41FA               PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  AGE 60, 7839 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            6 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - WILROAD GARDENS
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          DODGE CITY,KANS             LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
           WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS
           WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
        WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED
        WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          CLEAR                                                    UNLIMITED
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED)                                     NONE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TEMPERATURE-F
          NONE                                                      60
        WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES                                   WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS
          270                                                       10
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          VFR                                                      NONE
        REMARKS- ARPT LIES BTN RIVER LINED WITH TREES,AND A FLOOD DIKE.WINDS GUSTING.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N41FA](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N41FA-2010-05-11), registration cancelled 2010-05-11, S/N 4021, built 1962 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOTOR SPATZ SF24
- Registry model: [Scheibe SF-24A MOTORSPATZ](https://openairdocs.org/model/scheibe-sf-24a-motorspatz) (registry code 3801327) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Evinrude STARFLITE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/evinrude-starflite) (registry code 25904, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Glider, amateur-built
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Wilroad Gardens

## Other investigations on N41FA (1)

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.

- [NTSB DEN06LA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN06LA118), Aug 25, 2006: Scheibe Flugzeugbau SF-24A Motorspatz (N41FA), Wichita, KS, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control. Factors were the low airspeed and the inadvertent stall and spin.

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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