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.
Narrative: pilot was conducting banner tow operation when engine lost power and entered ocean and going inverted. Pilot exited aircraft with no injury and was boated to shore. The aircraft was turned up right and brought to shore. The aircraft was empty of usable fuel when inspected. The pilot could not give a reason for the loss of power and insisted a mechanical mal function was responsible for the form of a leak. A subsequent engine run at some power was accomplished, however, not to full power and not sufficient to rule without doubt engine stoppage due to fuel starvation.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: PILOT WAS CONDUCTING BANNER TOW OPERATION WHEN ENGINE LOST POWER AND ENTERED OCEAN AND GOING INVERTED. PILOT EXITED AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURY AND WAS BOATED TO SHORE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TURNED UP RIGHT AND BROUGHT TO SHORE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS EMPTY OF USABLE FUEL WHEN INSPECTED. THE PILOT COULD NOT GIVE A REASON FOR THE LOSS OF POWER AND INSISTED A MECHANICAL MAL FUNCTION WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FORM OF A LEAK. A SUBSEQUENT ENGINE RUN AT SOME POWER WAS ACCOMPLISHED, HOWEVER, NOT TO FULL POWER AND NOT SUFFICIENT TO RULE WITHOUT DOUBT ENGINE STOPPAGE DUE TO FUEL STARVATION.
Other reports on N3036M · 5
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.