# Accident 20190529005399A: Pipistrel Lsa S R L ALPHA TRAINER, Salida, CO, May 29, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 2019, 20:45 local time
- Place: Salida, CO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5300° N, 106.0667° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5300&lon=-106.0667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40EN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40EN-2021-06-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pipistrel Lsa S R L ALPHA TRAINER (registry code 060009K, https://openairdocs.org/model/pipistrel-lsa-s-r-l-alpha-trainer) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912UL2 (registry code 55574, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912ul2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPISTREL LSA S R L ALPHA TRAINER
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912UL2
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 266 total, 266 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA295](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA295) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190529005399A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS EMERGENCY LANDED ON 05/29/2019 AT APPROXIMATELY 20:45 IN A FIELD SOUTHWEST OF SALIDA, CO AIRPORT (ANK). UPON EMERGENCY LANDING IN THE FIELD THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE AIRCRAFT ROLLOUT DUE TO ROUGH TERRAIN. AIRCRAFT CONTACTED A BARBWIRE FENCE AND WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. FRONT LANDING GEAR WAS RIPPED OFF AND COMPOSITE STRUCTURE AFT OF THE ENGINE FIREWALL WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. AIRCRAFT WAS EMERGENCY LANDED DUE TO FUEL STARVATION. AIRCRAFT WAS LAST TOPPED OFF WITH FUEL AT THE SELF-SERVICE FUEL PUMP AT GALLUP. NM (GUP). THE AIRCRAFT FUEL TANK CAP WAS LATER FOUND AT THE SELF-SERVICE FUEL PUMP AT GALLUP, NM (GUP) A PRIMARY FACTOR TO THE FUEL STARVATION ACCIDENT CAUSE. THE AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT AND WAS NOT INJURED AS A RESULT OF THE AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT.

## 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 GAA19CA295](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA295), May 30, 2019: Pipistrel Alpha Trainer (N40EN), Salida, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to replace the fuel cap after fueling, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion and a subsequent forced landing to a field and subsequent collision with a…

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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