# Incident 20150928016749I: Pipistrel Doo Ajdovscina VIRUS SW, Brant Lake, NY, September 28, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 2015, 08:45 local time
- Place: Brant Lake, NY
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.6765° N, 73.7496° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Brant Lake, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6765&lon=-73.7496&mi=10
- Aircraft: N537PV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N537PV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pipistrel Doo Ajdovscina VIRUS SW (registry code 056321O, https://openairdocs.org/model/pipistrel-doo-ajdovscina-virus-sw) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS2 (registry code 55599, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPISTREL DOO AJDOVSCINA VIRUS SW
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS2
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,064 total, 44 in this make and model, 77 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150928016749I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

N537PV DEPARTED LAKE PLACID AIRPORT (LKP) ENROUTE TO NIETTIS FIELD IN DELANSING, NY.  NEAR SACANDOGA LAKE THE AIRCRAFT WAS ABOVE A BROKEN TO OVERCAST LAYER.  THE PILOT NOTICED HIS FUEL WAS LOW AND DECIDED TO TURN TOWARD SCHROON LAKE AIRPORT.  WITH HIS FUEL LOW HE DESCENDED THROUGH A HOLE IN THE CLOUDS.  ONCE BELOW THE CLOUD LAYER HE DECIDED TO LAND IN AN OPEN FIELD NEAR BRANT LAKE.  THE FIELD SLOPED UP AWAY FROM THE LAKE.  LANDING UPHILL, THE AIRCRAFT'S NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST UPSIDE DOWN.  THE PILOT THEN RELEASED HIS BELT AND HARNESS AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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