DCA26LA196

NTSB accident investigation · Skydweller S L Solar Impulse SI2 · Gulf of America (Gulf of Mexico) · May 4, 2026

Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedInvestigation open
Date
May 4, 2026, 11:28 UTC
Place
Gulf of America (Gulf of Mexico)
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Other
Aircraft
N247PFSkydweller S L Solar Impulse SI2
Defining event
Other: Fuel starvation
Status
Investigation ongoing
Investigation class
Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
NTSB office
Major Investigations Division
Parties
FAA, Skydweller Aero
Case key
202937

From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.

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Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.

Aircraft

Registration
N247PF
Reported as
Skydweller S L Solar Impulse SI2
Category
Airplane, unmanned
Serial number
1
Built
2014
Damage
Destroyed
Flight
Other work use · Part 91
Operator
Skydweller Aero
Registered owner
Tvpx Aircraft Solutions Inc Trustee
Departed
KHSA · Kiln, MS
Destination
Same as departure

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.