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FAA accident report · Pipistrel Lsa S R L ALPHA TRAINER · Pampa, TX · June 10, 2013

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Date
June 10, 2013 · 22:00 local
Place
Pampa, TX
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N477PA
Reported as
Pipistrel Lsa S R L Alpha Trainer
Reported engine
ROTAX 912UL2
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
1
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
404 total6 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days
N477PARegistration cancelled Mar 13, 2018 · Pipistrel Lsa S R L ALPHA TRAINERS/N 453 AT 912 LSA · Built 2012Airframe modelPipistrel Lsa S R L ALPHA TRAINEREngine modelRotax 912UL24 cycle

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On June 10, 2013 at approximately 2200L, a Pipistrel Alpha Trainer, bearing the registration number N477PA, ran out of fuel enroute to hemphill county airport in borger, Texas. The aircraft was being operated at night under visual flight rules. No flight plan was filed. The aircraft was destroyed. The pilot sustained serious injuries and the right seat occupant sustained fatal injuries. The flight originated in anderson, Indiana, and made fuel stops in Mexico, Missouri and el dorado, Kansas before beginning the intended flight to borger, Texas.

As the FAA filed it

ON JUNE 10, 2013 AT APPROXIMATELY 2200L, A PIPISTREL ALPHA TRAINER, BEARING THE REGISTRATION NUMBER N477PA, RAN OUT OF FUEL ENROUTE TO HEMPHILL COUNTY AIRPORT IN BORGER, TEXAS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED AT NIGHT UNDER VISUAL FLIGHT RULES. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. THE PILOT SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES AND THE RIGHT SEAT OCCUPANT SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN ANDERSON, INDIANA, AND MADE FUEL STOPS IN MEXICO, MISSOURI AND EL DORADO, KANSAS BEFORE BEGINNING THE INTENDED FLIGHT TO BORGER, TEXAS.