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FAA incident report · TL Ultralight Sro Stingsport TL2000 · Texas City, TX · June 19, 2016

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Date
June 19, 2016 · 18:10 local
Place
Texas City, TX
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4004
Reported as
TL Ultralight Sro Stingsport TL2000
Reported engine
ROTAX 912ULS
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
6,800 total18 in this make and model8 in the last 90 days
N4004Registration cancelled Nov 16, 2016 · TL Ultralight Sro STINGSPORTS/N TLUSA159 · Built 2007Airframe modelTL Ultralight Sro STINGSPORTEngine modelRotax 912ULS series4 cycle

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What happened

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

Pilot reported while enroute to 37TE over dickinson, TX at 1500' MSL N4004'S low fuel pressure warning came on. The pilot turned on the electrically driven fuel pump. Aircraft would not make power. Approximately one minute later the engine quit. The pilot was able to put the aircraft down in a field 13NM and 311 degrees from the scholes VORTAC (vuh). The aircraft made a hard landing and then bounced causing minor damage to nosewheel landing gear and fracturing one of the propeller blades.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT REPORTED WHILE ENROUTE TO 37TE OVER DICKINSON, TX AT 1500' MSL N4004'S LOW FUEL PRESSURE WARNING CAME ON. THE PILOT TURNED ON THE ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN FUEL PUMP. AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT MAKE POWER. APPROXIMATELY ONE MINUTE LATER THE ENGINE QUIT. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO PUT THE AIRCRAFT DOWN IN A FIELD 13NM AND 311 DEGREES FROM THE SCHOLES VORTAC (VUH). THE AIRCRAFT MADE A HARD LANDING AND THEN BOUNCED CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO NOSEWHEEL LANDING GEAR AND FRACTURING ONE OF THE PROPELLER BLADES.