# Accident 20151130020199A: Pipistrel VIRUS, Englewood, CO, November 30, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 30, 2015, 19:54 local time
- Place: Englewood, CO
- Airport: Centennial
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5701° N, 104.8493° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CENTENNIAL (APA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5701&lon=-104.8493&mi=10
- Aircraft: N145VS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N145VS-2018-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pipistrel VIRUS (registry code 05630K4, https://openairdocs.org/model/pipistrel-virus) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912UL2 (registry code 55574, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912ul2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPISTREL VIRUS
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912UL2
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 510 total, 46 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151130020199A

## Narrative

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

ON 11/30/2015 AT APPROXIMATELY 1954 HRS MST, N145VS A PIPISTREL VIRUS WAS DAMAGED AFTER LANDING OFF AIRPORT IN A FIELD DUE TO AN ENGINE FAILURE AND FLIPPING OVER ON ITS TOP.

THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED, THE PASSENGER BUMPED HIS HEAD WHEN HE RELEASED HIS SEAT BELT AND FELL TO THE ROOF.

FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT HICKS FIELD (T67) DALLAS TEXAS ENROUTE TO ERIE, COLORADO.

FUEL WAS TOPPED OFF BEFORE DEPARTURE WITH A PROPOSED FLIGHT TIME OF AROUND FOUR HOURS. THE OWNER OF THE AIRPLANE SAID THAT THE AIRPLANE HAD A RANGE OF EIGHT HOURS.

A STOP WAS MADE IN SAYRE, OKLAHOMA (3O4) BUT NO FUEL WAS ADDED.

THE FLIGHT ENCOUNTERED STRONGER WINDS THAN PLANNED AND WHEN GETTING CLOSE TO THE DENVER AREA THE FUEL TUBES THAT ARE THE FUEL INDICATING SYSTEM SHOWED MORE FUEL IN THE RIGHT SIDE(FIVE GALLONS) THAN THE LEFT (ONE GALLON)AND DID NOT APPEAR TO BE FEEDING. THE PILOT DECIDED TO DIVERT TO CENTENNIAL AIRPORT(KAPA).  AS THEY WERE ON FINAL FOR RUNWAY 28 THE ENGINE QUIT AND THE AIRPLANE LANDED AROUND A HALF MILE BEFORE THE RUNWAY. THE NOSE DUG INTO SOFT GROUND OR A HOLE AND THE AIRPLANE FLIPPED OVER AND ENDED UP INVERTED.

THE PILOT IS A CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND WAS IN COMMAND OF THE FLIGHT.THE PASSENGER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IS NOT A RATED PILOT.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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