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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Apollo MAGIC GS 700 LSA · New Braunfels, TX · June 6, 2025

Date
June 6, 2025 · 14:00 local
Place
New Braunfels, TX
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N141MG
Reported as
Apollo Magic GS 700 LSA
Reported engine
ROTAX 912ULS series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,340 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft departed from heritage airpark, TE86 and proceeded north by northwest on a pleasure flight. About 30 minutes after departure, the pilot noticed that a “fuel light” annunciator become illuminated on the aircraft’s instrument panel. At about the same time, the pilot also noticed a low fuel pressure warning on the digital engine instruments. The aircraft lost power simultaneously with these warnings. According to the pilot this was a complete power loss. Attempts to restart the engine were unsuccessful. The pilot performed a forced landing in a cow pasture 6.3NM west of the city of New Braunfels.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FROM HERITAGE AIRPARK, TE86 AND PROCEEDED NORTH BY NORTHWEST ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT. ABOUT 30 MINUTES AFTER DEPARTURE, THE PILOT NOTICED THAT A “FUEL LIGHT” ANNUNCIATOR BECOME ILLUMINATED ON THE AIRCRAFT’S INSTRUMENT PANEL. AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME, THE PILOT ALSO NOTICED A LOW FUEL PRESSURE WARNING ON THE DIGITAL ENGINE INSTRUMENTS. THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THESE WARNINGS. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT THIS WAS A COMPLETE POWER LOSS. ATTEMPTS TO RESTART THE ENGINE WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. THE PILOT PERFORMED A FORCED LANDING IN A COW PASTURE 6.3NM WEST OF THE CITY OF NEW BRAUNFELS.