# Accident 20180118000969A: Tomlinson Tracy L TUKAN TRIKE, Erie, CO, January 18, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 2018, 16:05 local time
- Place: Erie, CO
- Airport: Erie Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0103° N, 105.0481° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0103&lon=-105.0481&mi=10
- Aircraft: N907T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N907T-2020-10-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Tomlinson Tracy L TUKAN TRIKE (registry code 05902JG, https://openairdocs.org/model/tomlinson-tracy-l-tukan-trike) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TOMLINSON TRACY L TUKAN TRIKE
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 35 total, 35 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN18LA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA080) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180118000969A

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 18, 2018, ABOUT 1605 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, A TUKAN TRIKE EXPERIMENTAL WEIGHT-SHIFT LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE FOLLOWING A LOSS OF CONTROL DURING LANDING AT THE ERIE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (EIK), ERIE, COLORADO. THE SOLO STUDENT PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED THROUGHOUT THE AREA. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM EIK AT 1600.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN18LA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA080), Jan 18, 2018: Tomlinson Tracy L Tukan (N907T), Erie, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s inadvertent shutting off of the fuel valve while on approach, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel starvation and impact with terrain.

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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