# Incident 19990524005559I: Bbavia 8KCAB, Arcadia, FL, May 24, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 1999, 15:00 local time
- Place: Arcadia, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.2212° N, 81.8584° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Arcadia, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.2212&lon=-81.8584&mi=10
- Aircraft: SELCU (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 8KCAB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 630 total, 600 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990524005559I

## Narrative

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

SWEDISH-REGISTERED ACFT WAS ON A FERRY FLIGHT WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT, AND THE ACFT MADE A CRASH-LANDING, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         (.23)PILOT STATED HE LANDED IN FILED BECAUSE OF ENGINE TROUBLE. DURING THIS LANDING THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING TIP AND WHEEL PANTS.  THE PILOT REMOVED THE WING TIP AND WHEEL PANTS.  HE SAID HE RAN UP THE AIRCRAFT AND THAT THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING NORMAL, AND HE DECIDED TO TAKE OFF.  ABOUT TEN MILES AFTER TAKE OFF THE ENGINE QUIT AND HE MADE A LANDING IN AN FIELD CAUSING MORE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED IT WAS OUT OF FUEL.  THE GASCALATOR DRAIN WAS OPEN WHEN I ARRIVED AT THE SCENE, AND I DID NOT SMELL FUEL OR SEE ANY DEAD GRASS BELOW THE DRAIN.  ALSO I DID NOT SEE ANY FUEL ATAINS ON THE AIRCRAFT THAT WOULD INDICATETHE DRAIN WAS OPEN OF THAT THERE WAS A FUEL LEAK DURING THE FLIGHT.                          BLOCK 40 EXPLANATION OF ISSUES INVOLVED                    91.7 PILOT TOOK OFF FROM INCIDENT SCENE NUMBER ONE IN A UNAIRWORTHY AIRCRAFT AFTER HE REMOVED THE DAMAGED RIGHT WING TIP.                             91.151 PILOT DEPARTED WITHOUT FUEL REQUIREMENTS FOR FLIGHT IN VFR CONDITIONS.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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