PIPISTREL D O O VIRUS SW 121C accident at Cross City, FL, 7 Nov 2022

On November 7, 2022, a PIPISTREL D O O VIRUS SW 121C operated by Right Rudder Aviation was involved in an aviation accident near Cross City, FL. No fatalities were reported. Investigators recorded the probable cause as: The pilots’ inadequate preflight fuel planning and improper in-flight fuel management, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion and subsequent deployment of the ballistic parachute recovery system. This summary draws on records from NTSB; 11 related events involving the same aircraft type or operator are linked below.