Halsted FLIGHTSTAR PIONEER N8003U

Summary

On 19 June 2007 at about 15:30 local time, a Halsted FLIGHTSTAR PIONEER registered N8003U was involved in an accident near Nampa, Idaho, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

19 June 2007 at 15:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Nampa, Idaho, United States

Coordinates

43.4961, -116.4078

Aircraft

Halsted FLIGHTSTAR PIONEER

Registration

N8003U

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Nampa → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA07LA173

1 person had minor injuries.

The failure (fracture) of the crankshaft of the non-certificated two-cycle engine during cruise flight. Factors include a ditch running through the field in which the pilot executed his engine-out forced landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

While in cruise flight at 3,500 feet above ground level (agl), the engine of the light sport aircraft suddenly quit. The pilot therefore attempted to land the aircraft in a nearby open field. Although the initial touchdown was uneventful, during the landing roll the aircraft encountered a ditch and flipped over onto its back. A post-accident teardown of the 50 horsepower non-certificated two-cycle Hirth engine revealed that the crankshaft had fractured into two pieces.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.