Brent W Brown MURPHY MOOSE N142SR

Summary

On 10 June 2006 at about 15:00 local time, a Brent W Brown MURPHY MOOSE registered N142SR was involved in an accident near St. Francis, Kansas, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

10 June 2006 at 15:00

Classification

Accident

Location

St. Francis, Kansas, United States

Nearest airport

Cheyenne County Municipal (SYF)

Coordinates

39.7686, -101.8047

Aircraft

Brent W Brown MURPHY MOOSE

Registration

N142SR

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

St. Francis → Hudson

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN06CA085

Nobody was injured.

the pilot's failure to open the fuel selector valve, resulting in fuel starvation. Contributing factors were the pilot's failure to use a checklist, his attention being diverted, and the fence.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot said that shortly after taking off, the engine lost all power. He continued flying straight ahead and made an off-airport landing. The airplane struck a barbed wire fence and nosed over. The pilot said that after landing earlier that morning, he had closed the fuel valve (because he had a small leak in one of the fuel tanks) and he forgot to turn it back on prior to the accident flight. He said he had been distracted several times and failed to use the checklist. Both wing caps and the vertical stabilizer were crushed, and the fuselage was buckled.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.