Evolution Trikes REVO N98EV

Summary

On 19 April 2010 at about 19:45 local time, a Evolution Trikes REVO registered N98EV, operated by Birds in Paradise LLC, was involved in an accident near Eleele, Hawaii, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

19 April 2010 at 19:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Eleele, Hawaii, United States

Nearest airport

Port Allen Airport (PAK)

Coordinates

21.9192, -159.6358

Aircraft

Evolution Trikes REVO

Registration

N98EV

Engines

1

Operator

Birds in Paradise LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Eleele → Eleele

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR10CA224

Nobody was injured.

A loss of engine power as a result of fuel exhaustion due to the pilot's improper decision to continue the flight after the low fuel warning. Contributing to the accident was the typographical error in the flight manual concerning the unusable fuel quantity.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The sport instructor pilot reported that during a student pilot’s first dual instructional flight, the engine lost power while on a 1.5 mile final to land. The instructor made a forced landing on a dirt road during which the trike nosed over. Post accident examination of the trike revealed 1.2 gallons of fuel remained in the tank, which is at or below the empty markings of the fuel tank. The manufacturer reported that the unusable fuel level is 1.4 gallons. The aircraft was equipped with a fuel monitoring system that activates once the fuel level drops below 2.7 gallons. The pilot told witnesses that he had observed the low fuel warning on the instrument panel. The aircraft flight manual had a typographical error, which stated the unusable fuel was 0.4 gallons. As a result of this accident investigation the manufacturer corrected the error and reissued the corrected page to the aircraft flight manual.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.