D-Fly UL STORK N620KJ

Summary

On 31 January 2009 at about 20:55 local time, a D-Fly UL STORK registered N620KJ was involved in an accident near Jackson, Georgia, 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

31 January 2009 at 20:55

Classification

Accident

Location

Jackson, Georgia, United States

Coordinates

33.3200, -83.9425

Aircraft

D-Fly UL STORK

Registration

N620KJ

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Jackson → Griffin

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA09CA149

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's inadvertent activation of an engine cutoff switch during cruise flight.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot/owner of the experimental, amateur-built airplane was in cruise flight at 1,500 ft above ground level when he shut down the engine by inadvertently activating an unguarded engine cutoff switch that was recently installed on the control stick. After two unsuccessful attempts to restart the engine, he performed an off-field landing to a golf course. During the landing roll the airplane impacted a metal box resulting in damage to the landing gear, propeller, and left wing strut.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.