# Accident 20190720018059A: Evektor-Aerotechnik As SPORTSTAR, Tracy, CA, July 20, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 2019, 18:55 local time
- Place: Tracy, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6731° N, 121.4381° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6731&lon=-121.4381&mi=10
- Aircraft: N409EV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N409EV-2020-10-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Evektor-Aerotechnik SPORTSTAR (registry code 0600012, https://openairdocs.org/model/evektor-aerotechnik-sportstar) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EVEKTOR-AEROTECHNIK AS SPORTSTAR
- Reported engine: BOMBARDIER ROTAX (ALL)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 707 total, 20 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA446](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA446) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190720018059A

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT DEPARTED AUBURN AIRPORT (KAUN) FOR A FLIGHT TO SAN MARTIN AIRPORT (E16) AND BACK TO (KAUN).  PILOT REPORTED MISREADING THE FUEL GAUGE AND EXHAUSTED THE FUEL SUPPLY.  AIRCRAFT CRASHED SHORT OF THE TRACY AIRPORT (TCY).  AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, NO INJURIES.

## 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 GAA19CA446](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA446), Jul 21, 2019: Evektor Aerotechnik Sportstar (N409EV), Tracy, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion and a subsequent emergency landing and collision with a tree.

## Other reports on N409EV (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20120114002389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120114002389A), Jan 14, 2012: Evektor-Aerotechnik As SPORTSTAR (N409EV), San Diego, CA, Substantial damage. Pilot stated he made a normal landing on rwy 26R. Experienced an uncontrollable left pulling sensation and was not able to correct. Lost directional control…
- [Incident 20090104000109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090104000109I), Jan 4, 2009: Evekto SPORTSTAR (N409EV), Ramona, CA, Minor damage. Pilot states that during landing roll out he evenly applied both brakes, however the right brake locked and he lost directional control departing the aircraft…

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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