Fowler SX300 N99F

Summary

On 30 July 2008 at about 16:30 local time, a Fowler SX300 registered N99F was involved in an accident near Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States. One person was 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

30 July 2008 at 16:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States

Nearest airport

Cheyenne Regional (KCYS)

Coordinates

41.1500, -104.8167

Aircraft

Fowler SX300

Registration

N99F

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Menomonie → Cheyenne

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX08CA249

Nobody was injured.

Loss of engine power due to fuel starvation.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

At the end of a 2-hour flight the airplane was 3.8 miles from the Cheyenne Airport when the engine began to surge. The pilot overflew the airport in order to troubleshoot the problem. The pilot reported that he was at 135 knots, and the fuel selector was set to the right fuel tank, which had approximately 10 gallons of fuel in it. The surging stopped, and the pilot requested a left downwind for runway 27. Within 1 minute the surging returned, he turned toward the airfield, and the engine lost all power. The pilot maintained 125 knots and performed a dead stick landing on runway 31. The airplane veered off the side of the runway and into flat unprepared terrain and the gear collapsed. The builder of the airplane related to the pilot that the SX300 has very limited wing dihedral, and the ball needs to be kept in the center, or else the fuel pickup would unport. The pilot did not report finding any other anomalies with the airframe or engine.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.