- Date
- April 18, 2023, 16:35 local (23:35 UTC)
- Place
- Upland, CA · West airport property fence
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N349VRVashon Ranger R7
- Defining event
- Approach-VFR pattern final: Fuel starvation
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20230418011419A
- Case key
- 107084
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Probable cause
The pilot's improper selection of the mixture control, which resulted in a total loss of engine power and a collision with the airport boundary fence during a forced landing.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that while on short final during a normal approach, he accidently pulled the engine mixture control to idle-cutoff and the engine shut down. He was unable to restart the engine and landed short of the runway. The airplane then impacted the airport boundary fence, which resulted in substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N349VR
- Reported as
- Vashon Ranger R7
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 10202
- Built
- 2022
- Airframe hours
- 37.8
- Engine
- Continental O-200-D, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ckd Engineering LLC DBA
- Registered owner
- Ckd Engineering LLC DBA
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental light sport (Special)
- Last inspection
- December 7, 2022
- Departed
- KCCB · Upland, CA
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- KCCB · CABLE Airport, runway 24, 3,863 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- ADS-B, Angle of attack indicator, Auto-pilot, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic primary flight display, Stall warning system
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
- 76
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- June 20, 2021
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 5-point
- Flight hours
- 401 total · 38 in this make and model · 251 as pilot in command · 37 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 11 knots, gusting 16
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,800 ft broken
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.93 inHg
- Observed at
- KCCB
- METAR
- KCCB 182335Z AUTO 26011G16KT 10SM BKN028 BKN038 OVC045 15/08 A2993 RMK AO2
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 17, 2023, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.4 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.