# Incident 19970111000389I: Boeing A75, Venice, FL, January 11, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 11, 1997, 15:57 local time
- Place: Venice, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.1170° N, 82.4152° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Venice, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.1170&lon=-82.4152&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90RF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N90RF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing A75 (registry code 1380108, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-a75) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING A75
- Reported engine: LYC R68011
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,250 total, 361 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970111000389I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JANUARY 11, 1997, AT APPROXIMATELY 2057 ZULU, AIRCRAFT N90RF, BOEING B-75, SERIAL NUMBER 75-196, OWNED AND OPERATED BY MR. ROL F. KINNEY, FAA CERT. NO. 175225611, LOST POWER AND WENT DOWN IN THE INTERCOASTAL WATERWAY, IN VENICE, FLORIDA. MR. KINNEY STATED THAT APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR INTO THE FLIGHT HIS AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO DEVELOP ENGINE TROUBLE. HE IMMEDIATELY TURNED ON THE AUXILIARY FUEL PUMP, BUT THE ENGINE TROUBLE CONTINUED. CONSEQUENTLY, THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND MR. KINNEY WAS FORCED TO LAND. HE SAID HE COULD HEAR THE AUXILIARY PUMP OPERATING DURING HIS DESCENT. AN INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT, WAS CONDUCTED BY TONY ALFAYA, FAA AVIATION SAFETY INSPECTOR, AND BY MR. DALE M. KRAUS, AN FAA CERTIFICATED A&P MECHANIC (IA), CERT. NO. 229048334. THE INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE TOP OVER WING FUEL TANK WAS DRY. A FLASHLIGHT WAS UTILIZED TO OBSERVE INSIDE THE FUEL TANK, AND NO FUEL WAS OBSERVED. THIS AIRCRAFT IS EQUIPPED WITH ONE 49 GALLON FUEL TANK, LOCATED INSIDE THE TOP WING. LEFT FUEL SUMP WAS CHECKED AND NO FUEL WAS PRESENT. RIGHT FUEL SUMP HAD MINIMAL FUEL AND NO CONTAMINATION WAS NOTED. SUMP GASCOLATOR AND OBTAINED APPROX. 1 OUNCE OF FUEL. NO CONTAMINATION WAS NOTED.

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