# Accident 20060623016959A: Gulstm 112TCA, Sarasota-Braden, FL, June 23, 2006 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: June 23, 2006, 09:01 local time - Place: Sarasota-Braden, FL - Airport: Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 27.3811° N, 82.5647° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.3811&lon=-82.5647&mi=10 - Aircraft: N1052D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1052D-2007-03-12) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Rockwell International 112TCA (registry code 7630307, https://openairdocs.org/model/rockwell-international-112tca) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Lycoming T0-360 series (registry code 41528, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-t0-360-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: GULSTM 112TCA - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 318 total, 70 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC06LA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06LA079) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060623016959A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED SARASOTA AIRPORT WITH INSUFFICIENT FUEL TO REACH ITS DESTINATION AIRPORT. IMMEDIATELY AFTER INITIAL CLIMB AND LEVEL OUT AT 1600 FEET THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RETURN TO SARASOTA AIRPORT BUT HAD INSUFFICIENT ALTITUDE TO MAKE THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT LANDED ONE HALF MILE FROM THE AIRPORT IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. INSPECTOR STATEMENT: I CONTACTED THE PILOT AND REQUESTED THAT HE PROVIDE ME WITH A PILOT STATEMENT OF THE EVENTS OF THE DAY. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA O^ FAXED ME THIS STATEMENT AND IT IS INCLUDED. I WENT TO SARASOTA AIRPORT TO INSPECT THE AIRCRAFT ON 7/5/06. UPON SEEING THE AIRCRAFT, (N1052D) IN THE HANGAR, I FOUND IT ON ITS BELLY WITH THE GEAR STILL RETRACTED. THE ENGINE IS CARBURETED AND I WAS UNABLE TO REACH THE GASOLATOR TO INSPECT FOR FUEL. WHEN I PULLED THE ENGINE FUEL SUMP THERE WAS NOT ANY FUEL DISCHARGE PRESENT. THE AIRCRAFT HAS RECEIVED ADDITIONAL DAMAGE FROM THE RECOVERY PROCESS OUT OF THE SALT WATER WHERE IT LANDED. IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE IF THE LANDING GEAR WOULD EXTEND MANUALLY IF IT WERE RAISED UP ON JACKS DUE TO COWLING DAMAGE INCURRED DURING THE RECOVERY PROCESS. TOWER TAPES FROM THE FLIGHT ON 6/24/06 HAVE THE PILOT REQUESTING RETURN TO THE AIRPORT. HE REQUESTED TO LAND DUE TO FUEL STARVATION ON HIS TRANSMISSION TO THE TOWER. HE STATED IN HIS STATEMENT ON 6/24/06 TO THE AIRPORT ALERT PERSONNEL THAT HE HAD 7 GALLONS ON BOARD AT DEPARTURE FROM SARASOTA. UPON MY CONVERSATION WITH HIM HE STATES HE ESTIMATED HE HAD 10 GALLONS AND BASED THIS FROM HIS JPI FUEL SCAN 450 FUEL FLOW INDICATOR MOUNTED IN THE AIRCRAFT'S PANEL. UPON FURTHER REVIEW HE HAD NOT ATTEMPTED TO MEASURE HIS ACTUAL FUEL DURING HIS PREFLIGHT BUT RATHER OPENED THE FUEL CAPS TO SEE SOME FUEL SLOSHING IN THE TANKS. I CONDUCTED A CHECK WITH ALL FUEL PROVIDERS ON THE FIELD TO CONFIRM THAT N1052D DID NOT PURCHASE ANY FUEL ON THE DAY OF THE INCIDENT OR THE DAY PRIOR. BASED ON THE STATEMENT ON THE AIR TRAFFIC TAPES, THE PILOT'S STATEMENT, AND INTERVIEWS I CONDUCTED I DETERMINED THAT THE PILOT USED AN INACCURATE TECHNIQUE TO MEASURE HIS FUEL SUPPLY AND DEPARTED WITH INSUFFICIENT FUEL TO REACH HIS DESTINATION. IT IS QUESTIONABLE THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD THE FUEL REQUIREMENT FOR VFR FUEL RESERVES AT THE TIME OF DEPARTURE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB ANC06LA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06LA079), Jun 23, 2006: Rockwell 112TCA (N1052D), Sarasota, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight inspection of the fuel system, which resulted in a partial loss of engine power during cruise flight, and a subsequent ditching. Factors contributing to the accident… ## Other reports on N1052D (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20030418006549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030418006549I), Apr 18, 2003: Gulstm 112TCA (N1052D), New Orleans, LA, Minor damage. (-23) The pilot landed long and fast on runway 18, coming to a stop in the grass on the west side of taxiway bravo. [privacy data omitted] 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. 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