# Incident 20181009019639I: Teal Jenkins SKYTRAX, Cortez, CO, October 9, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 9, 2018, 12:52 local time
- Place: Cortez, CO
- Airport: Cortez Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3030° N, 108.6280° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CORTEZ MUNI (CEZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3030&lon=-108.6280&mi=10
- Aircraft: N772TJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N772TJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Teal Jenkins SKYTRAX (registry code 05634WR, https://openairdocs.org/model/teal-jenkins-skytrax) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Yamaha ALL MDLS A/B (registry code 80000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/yamaha-all-mdls-a-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TEAL JENKINS SKYTRAX
- Reported engine: YAMAHA ALL MDLS A/B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 70 total, 30 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181009019639I

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED DOUBLE EAGLE AIRFIELD ENROUTE TO CORTEZ MUNI.  ATTEMPTED TO BUILD IN A FUEL RESERVE BY REDUCING THE LISTED QTY OF FUEL IN FUEL FLOW COMPUTER (FFC) BY 1.3 GALLONS COMPARED TO ACTUAL FUEL ON BOARD.  EXTENDED DURATION HIGH POWER SETTINGS DUE TO STRONG HEAD WINDS AND REPEATED CLIMBS BURNED FUEL AT A FASTER RATE THAN THE FFC WAS COMPUTING, AND AIRCRAFT ENGINE FAILED IN FLIGHT DUE TO FUEL STARVATION LESS THAN 5 MILES FROM DESTINATION AIRPORT.  PILOT STATES THE FFC WAS STILL SHOWING 1.0 GALLONS OF FUEL AT TIME OF INCIDENT.

AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER WHILE COMPLETEING A FORCED LANDING ON ROUGH TERRAIN, CAUSING SIGNIFACNT DAME TO WINGS, CHASSIS, LANDING GEAR, AND PROPELLER.

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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