Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Kickapoo Downtown Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Wichita Falls, Texas 76302
Saturday, July 19, 2014 10:30 CDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
On July 19, 2014, about 1030 central daylight time, the pilots of an Evektor-Aerotechnik Sport Star, N636EV, made a forced landing in a mesquite field after the engine lost power during initial climb from Kickapoo Airport (KCWC), Wichita Falls, Texas. The pilot and flight instructor were not injured. The airplane was substantially damaged. The airplane was registered to and operated by a partnership under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as an instructional flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident, and no flight plan had been filed. The local flight originated from Wichita Falls about 1000.
According to a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector, the airplane's insurance company required pilots to have at least 3 hours in the airplane in order to be covered by the policy. The pilot was flying with an instructor to satisfy this requirement. The pilot and instructor were doing touch-and-go landings in the traffic pattern. After the third takeoff and during the initial climb, the engine began to lose power. The instructor said the airplane was at 55 knots and 200 feet above the ground, and there was insufficient runway on which to land. With the engine still partially running, he tried to maintain level flight and return to the airport. Power continued to diminish to the point where the instructor was unable to maintain level flight. He made a forced landing in the nearest field and the airplane collided with mesquite trees.
The airplane was taken to Air Salvage of Dallas (ASOD) in Lancaster, Texas, where, on August 26, the engine was functionally tested under the auspices of an FAA inspector. The engine operated normally.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 7/19/2014 |
| Event Day of the Week | Saturday |
| Time of Event | 1030 |
| Event Time Zone | Central Daylight Time |
| Event City | Wichita Falls |
| Event State | TEXAS |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 76302 |
| Event Date Year | 2014 |
| Event Date Month | 7 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 330000N |
| Event Location Longitude | 0980000E |
| Event Location Airport | Kickapoo Downtown |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | KCWC |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 1 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 200 |
| Airport Elevation | 1003 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1030 Central Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | -- |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | KCWC |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 1003 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | -- |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | CDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 1600 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | -- |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | -- |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Overcast |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 20 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 16 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 340 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Wind direction could be determined |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 6 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30.06 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | METAR KCWC 181535Z AUTO 34006KT 10SM OVC016 20/16 |
| Event Highest Injury | None |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 2 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | -- |
| NTSB Notification Source | FAA ASW ROC |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | -- |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Sep 30 2014 6:32PM |
| User who most recently changed record | scoa |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N636EV |
| NTSB Number | CEN14LA385 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | EVEKTOR-AEROTECHNIK AS |
| Aircraft Model | SPORTSTAR |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 20060706 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 1320 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | 2 |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 2 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | -- |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- |
| Airframe Hours | -- |
| ELT Installed | Unknown |
| ELT Activated | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | Alan W. Sizemore |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | -- |
| Aircraft Owner City | Wichita Falls |
| Aircraft Owner State | TX |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 76308 |
| Operator is an individual? | No |
| Operator Name | Alan W. Sizemore |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | -- |
| Operator City | Wichita Falls |
| Operator State | TX |
| Operator Country | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 76308 |
| Operator Code | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | -- |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Instructional |
| Second Pilot on Board | Yes |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | KCWC |
| Departure City | Wichita Falls |
| Departure State | TX |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 1000 |
| Departure Time Zone | CDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere |
| Destination Airport Code | KCWC |
| Destination City | Wichita Falls |
| Destination State | TX |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | -- |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Sep 30 2014 6:33PM |
| User who most recently changed record | scoa |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 17 |
| Runway Length | 4450 |
| Runway Width | 75 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |