# NTSB Accident DEN08LA053
> **Phillips Flite Bike** · 2008-01-26 · Valley Center, KS, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** DEN08LA053
- **Event ID:** 20080129X00115
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2008-01-26
- **Location:** Valley Center, KS, USA
- **Coordinates:** 37.8325, -97.370002
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Phillips
- **Model:** Flite Bike
- **Registration:** N31559
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during an emergency descent resulting in an inadvertent stall/mush. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to turn on the fuel tank valve resulting in fuel starvation and the loss of engine power.

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