# Incident 20190418003019I: Pipistrel VIRUS 912, Santa Fe, NM, April 18, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 2019, 11:48 local time
- Place: Santa Fe, NM
- Airport: Santa Fe Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6171° N, 106.0894° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANTA FE RGNL (SAF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6171&lon=-106.0894&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9HN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9HN-2019-06-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pipistrel VIRUS 912 (registry code 05617ML, https://openairdocs.org/model/pipistrel-virus-912) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912UL series (registry code 55571, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912ul-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPISTREL VIRUS 912
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912UL
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190418003019I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 18, 2019, A PIPISTREL VIRUS 912 MOTOR-GLIDER, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, CRASHED ON DEPARTURE ROLL, WHILE ATTEMPTING A TAKEOFF AT THE SANTA FE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME.  THIS WAS A VFR FLIGHT FOR PLEASURE. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE, AND THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED.

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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