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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MKC88LA033

1987-12-26 HAYS, Kansas, United States Airport · HYS None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N83BC

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CUBCRAFTERS INC CC11-160

Year of manufacture

2013

Engine

CUBCRAFTER CC340 (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20130403

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AB561D

Registrant of record

EVOLVE AVIATION SOLUTIONS INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

DURING A PERSONAL CROSS COUNTRY IFR FLT, PIC ENCOUNTERED FORECAST ICING CONDITIONS. HE THEN MADE A 180 DEGREE TURN TO AN ALTERNATE AIRFIELD. HE SAID THE ACFT ACCUMULATED SUBSTANTIAL ICING ON PROPELLER, WINGS AND WINDSHIELD. HE SAID FULL PWR WAS NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN LEVEL FLT AND CONSIDERABLE VIBRATION WAS OCCURRING. THE PLT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND REQUESTED VECTORS TO THE HAYS, KS, AIRPORT. THE ENGINE QUIT DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION ABOUT 7 MILES SHORT OF DESTINATION APT, RESULTING IN AN EMERGENCY LDG. THE PIC WAS NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1987_MKC88LA033.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

Related research

What the literature says.

Academic papers and agency reports matching this event's aircraft type or causal vocabulary (icing, fuel exhaustion). Sourced from NASA NTRS, NTSB Safety Studies, FAA CAMI, AOPA Air Safety Institute, Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons, arXiv, and the Semantic Scholar academic graph.

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