Dublin, VA, USA
N121
FOUTZ ROBERT V COZY MARK IV
On December 30, 2022, about 1500 eastern standard time, an experimental amateur-built Cozy Mark IV, N121, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident in Dublin, Virginia. The pilot was not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The Pilot had departed New River Valley Airport (PSK), Dublin, Virginia for a local flight about 1400 and returned to PSK about one hour later. After landing, he started to taxi to his hangar. The engine then stopped. The pilot spent about five minutes trying to restart it and then smoke began to enter the cockpit through a heat duct tunnel. The pilot then turned off the fuel, the master switch, and magnetos and got out of the airplane. After he got out, he could see smoke coming from the cowling in the rear of the pusher configured airplane. He then emptied his fire extinguisher into the cowling, and the smoke decreased, but did not stop. There were no flames. The airport manager and one other airport employee arrived within minutes with another fire extinguisher. Smoke was still coming out of the cowling, and they elected to park their truck at a safe distance and stay safely inside. They did not use their fire extinguisher. Flames eventually ignited the cowling and then spread to the fuselage. After the local fire department extinguished the fire, it was determined that the fire had destroyed 90% of the fuselage, one fuel tank and the inboard portions of both wings.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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