# Accident 20190320022829A: Air Creation TANARG, Kukio, HI, March 20, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 2019, 09:49 local time
- Place: Kukio, HI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 19.8081° N, 155.9983° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=19.8081&lon=-155.9983&mi=10
- Aircraft: N912TJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N912TJ-2021-07-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Creation TANARG (registry code 05902AG, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-creation-tanarg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912UL series (registry code 55571, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912ul-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR CREATION TANARG
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912UL
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor, sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 533 total, 420 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA181) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190320022829A

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 0949, ENGINE STOPPED AND AIRCRAFT BEGAN DESCENT.  PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON SOCCER FIELD BUT CRASHED 20 YARDS SHORT OF FIELD.  FUEL TANK WAS EMPTY DURING POST CRASH INSPECTION.  AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION LISTS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AS THE OWNER, BUT PILOT PRODUCED A BILL OF SALE SHOWING HE PURCHASED IT 11/15/2015 FROM ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. REGISTRATION WAS LAST RENEWED 02/28/2018 BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

## 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 GAA19CA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA181), Mar 20, 2019: Air Creation Tanarg (N912TJ), Kailua-Kona, HI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper preflight fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.

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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