# NTSB MKC84LA192: Rotec Rally Sport, N912RE, Wichita, KS, June 30, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 30, 1984, 07:00 local (12:00 UTC)
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Location: 37.6922° N, 97.3375° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wichita, KS, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6922&lon=-97.3375&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33725
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC84LA192
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33725/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA192

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, maneuvering
  - weather condition - carburetor icing conditions (cause)
  - carburetor heat - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

PILOT STATED THAT AFTER TAKEOFF AND CLIMB TO THE DOWNWIND LEG OF THE TRAFFIC PATTERN, HE REDUCED ENGINE PWR AND REVERSED COURSE. THE PILOT CONTINUED TO STATE THAT THE ENG STARTED LOSING PWR AND SUBSEQUENTLY FAILED. A FORCED LANDING WAS MADE IN A NEWLY CULTIVATED FIELD. DURING THE ROLLOUT THE ACFT NOSED OVER. EXAM OF THE ENG AFTER THE ACCIDENT REVEALED NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION. THE CARB ICING PROBABILITY CHART PUBLISHED BY THE FAA INDICATED A HIGH POSSIBILITY OF CARB ICE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N912RE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ROTEC RALLY SPORT (RALLY SPOR)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 25279
- Airframe hours: 350
- Engines: ROTAX 503 42 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Larry S. Gray
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed: WICHITA, KS

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 3,246 total, 350 in this make and model, 5,010 as pilot in command, 60 in the last 90 days, 20 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 90° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: ICI, 5 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 19840630028549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840630028549A), Jun 30, 1984: Amtr RALLY3, Wichita, KS, Substantial damage. Engine lost power and quit. Overturned in field. Aircraft not equipped with carb heat. Icing a probability.

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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