# Incident 20160619015209I: Tl Ultralight Sro STINGSPORT TL2000, Texas City, TX, June 19, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 19, 2016, 18:10 local time
- Place: Texas City, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.3838° N, 94.9027° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Texas City, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3838&lon=-94.9027&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4004, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4004-2016-11-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: TL Ultralight Sro STINGSPORT (registry code 060001R, https://openairdocs.org/model/tl-ultralight-sro-stingsport) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TL ULTRALIGHT SRO STINGSPORT TL2000
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 6,800 total, 18 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160619015209I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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