# Accident 20240815021209A: Evektor-Aerotechnik A S HARMONY LSA, Grants, NM, August 15, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 2024, 14:30 local time
- Place: Grants, NM
- Airport: Grants-Milan Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0000° N, 107.0000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0000&lon=-107.0000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N272JT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N272JT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Evektor-Aerotechnik A S HARMONY LSA (registry code 0600080, https://openairdocs.org/model/evektor-aerotechnik-a-s-harmony-lsa) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912 IS series (registry code 55593, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912-is-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EVEKTOR-AEROTECHNIK A S HARMONY LSA
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912 IS
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR24LA281](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA281) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240815021209A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 15, 2024, AT OR AROUND 13:30 MST, A EVEKTOR-AEROTECHNIK A S HARMANY LSA, CRASHED WHILE TAKING OFF FROM GRANTS-MILAN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (GNT), NM, WHILE FERRYING THE AIRCRAFT FROM FLORIDA TO CALIFORNIA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THERE WAS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT, AND THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE COMMERCIAL WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT GRANTS-MILAN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (GNT), NM ON AUGUST 15, 2024.

THE INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THE ENGINE AND FUEL SYSTEM WERE WORKING PROPERLY AND THERE WAS 2.5 GALLONS OF FUEL IN THE LEFT TANK AND 5 GALLONS IN THE RIGHT THANK. THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT IS UNDETERMINED BUT THE NTSB IS STILL INVESTIGATING AND WE WILL AMEND THIS REPORT IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

## 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 WPR24LA281](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA281), Aug 15, 2024: Evektor-Aerotechnik A S Harmony LSA (N272JT), Grants, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation for reasons that could not be determined.

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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