# Accident 20200226005669A: Lightning Avion Eab LLC ARION LIGHTNING, Jerome, ID, February 26, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 26, 2020, 16:15 local time
- Place: Jerome, ID
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7597° N, 114.3717° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7597&lon=-114.3717&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1XF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1XF-2020-05-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lightning Avion Eab ARION LIGHTNING (registry code 05631UL, https://openairdocs.org/model/lightning-avion-eab-arion-lightning) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Jabiru 3300A (registry code 34804, https://openairdocs.org/engine/jabiru-3300a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LIGHTNING AVION EAB LLC ARION LIGHTNING
- Reported engine: JABIRU 3300A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 450 total, 101 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR20LA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20LA096) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200226005669A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRMAN DEPARTED RAWLINGS (KWRL) EN-ROUTE TO GOODING (KGNG). WHILE 24 NM FROM KGNG, THE ENGINE FAILED DUE TO FUEL STARVATION. THE RIGHT TANK WAS SELECTED AND THE AIRMAN INTENTIONALLY RAN THE TANK DRY, SINCE THAT FUEL GAGE WAS PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS INOPERATIVE. THE PILOT THEN SWITCHED TO THE RIGHT TANK WITH REMAINING FUEL OF APPROXIMATELY OF 4 GALLONS, BUT WAS UNABLE TO RESTORE POWER. DURING THE EMERGENCY LANDING TO A DORMANT ALFALFA FIELD, THE PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE FLYING SPEED AND STALLED THE AIRCRAFT RESULTING IN COMPLETE LOSS OF CONTROL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.

## 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 WPR20LA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20LA096), Feb 26, 2020: Lightning Avion Eab Arion Lightning (N1XF), Jerome, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s mismanagement of fuel, which resulted in fuel starvation and the pilot’s loss of airplane control during an emergency descent, which resulted in a stall and subsequent impact with terrain.

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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