# Incident 20251103020169I: Aeropilot S R O L 600, Gulfport, MS, November 3, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 3, 2025, 10:28 local time
- Place: Gulfport, MS
- Airport: Gulfport-Biloxi International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4073° N, 89.0701° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GULFPORT-BILOXI INTL (GPT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4073&lon=-89.0701&mi=10
- Aircraft: N992PM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N992PM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeropilot S R O L 600 (registry code 06001BV, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeropilot-s-r-o-l-600) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912 IS series (registry code 55593, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912-is-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROPILOT S R O L 600
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912 IS
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251103020169I

## Narrative

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

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH, 2025, CFI AND STUDENT PLANNED AN IFR CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT TO GULF SHORES (KJKA). AIRCRAFT TYPE: AEROPILOT LEGEND L600, A SINGLE ENGINE LAND FIXED PITCH PROPELLER AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFTE DEPARTED ST. TAMMANY IN THE MORNING, DID AN APPROACH AND PROCEEDED TO KJKA VIA GPT(GULFPORT VOR). AIRCRAFT HAD A GOOD RUN UP CHECK, AND ALL ENGINE GAUGES WERE NORMAL.

AUTOPILOT WAS ON MAINTAINING ALTITUDE AT 5000FT AND GPS NAV.  DIRECTLY OVER THE GULFPORT AIRPORT (KGPT). AIRCRAFT SUDDENLY STARTED LOSING AIRSPEED. CFI CHECKED AIRCRAFT GAUGES AND OBSERVED A DROP IN FUEL PRESSURE (0 PSI). CFI TOOK CONTROL OF FLIGHT CONTROLS, DISENGAGED AUTOPILOT, AND PITCHED AIRCRAFT TO MAINTAIN BEST GLIDE. CFI SWAPPED FUEL TANKS AND TURNED ON AIRCRAFT BOOST PUMP. FUEL PRESSURE RETURNED SLIGHTLY, A FEW PSI. CFI ACTIVATED AUXILIARY FUEL PUMP AND AIRCRAFT ENGINE RETURNED TO NORMAL. CFI HAD COMMITTED TO DIVERTING. CONTINUNED AIRCRAFT OPERATION AS IF AIRCRAFT HAD NO ENGINE POWER AND GLIDED IT DOWN.CFI CANCELED IFR, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, AND CONTACTED GULFPORT APPROACH AND AIRCRAFT WOULD DIVERT TO GULFPORT. GULFPORT APPROACH CLEARED AIRCRAFT TO CHANGE TO ADVISORY. CFI ADVISED GULFPORT TOWER OF AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY AND CLEARED AIRCRAFT FOR APPOROACH RUNWAY 14. AIRCRAFT CIRCLED APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 14 AND LANDED NORMALLY WITH NO PROBLEMS. AIRCRAFT TAXIED OFF THE RUNWAY TO THE FBO UNDER AIRCRAFTS OWN POWER AND WERE FOLLOWED IN BY ARFF. CFI CONCLUDED THAT THE LOSS OF POWER WAS A RESULT OF THE FAILING ENGINE DRIVEN FUEL PUMP. FUEL PUMP FAILURE WAS CONFIRMED BY CERTIFICATED LIGHT SPORT REPAIRMAN, WHICH PERFORMED A DETAILED INSPECTION BEGINNING WITH A GROUND RUN OF THE ENGINE. THE AIRCRAFT STARTED NORMALLY; CERTIFICATED LIGHT SPORT REPAIRMAN NOTED THE PRIMARY FUEL PUMP OPERATED AT NOTICEABLY LOWER PITCH AND PRODUCED LOWER PRESSURE COMPARED TO EMERGENCY BACKUP PUMP. BASED ON THESE FINDINGS, CERTIFICATED LIGHT SPORT REPAIRMAN DETERMINED THAT THE PRIMARY PUMP HAD FAILED. PRIMARY FUEL PUMP WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AEROPILOT MAINTENANCE STANDARDS AND THE ROTAX MAINTENANCE MANUAL. A NEW ROTAX 912 IS SPORT FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY (PART NUMBER 889698, SERIAL NUMBER 24.1456) WAS INSTALLED. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE

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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