# Accident 20061221027449A: Clopto COMPAIR7SL, Cocoa, FL, December 21, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 2006, 10:15 local time
- Place: Cocoa, FL
- Airport: Merritt Island Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.3414° N, 80.6853° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.3414&lon=-80.6853&mi=10
- Aircraft: N286JL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N286JL-2013-05-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Clopton Aero AEROCOMP COMPAIR 7SL (registry code 05619JS, https://openairdocs.org/model/clopton-aero-aerocomp-compair-7sl) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Walter 601D (registry code 64005, https://openairdocs.org/engine/walter-601d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CLOPTO COMPAIR7SL
- Reported engine: WALTER M601D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 701 total, 50 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA07LA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA07LA032) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061221027449A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT STATED THAT PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT FLIGHT, HE CHECKED THE FUEL TANKS AND HE ESTIMATED THAT THERE WAS APPROX. 125 GALS OF FUEL ON BOARD AND THAT THERE WAS NO WATER FOUND IN THE TANKS. THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER 7 TAKE OFF AND LANDINGS AT THE MERRITT ISLAND AIRPORT, THAT ON CLIMB OUT, THE ENGINE, ON ITS OWN, SPOOLED BACK FROM 93% TO 61% WHICH IS THE ENGINES IDLE SPEED SETTING. THE PILOT FURTHER STATED THAT HE TURNED THE AIRCRAFT BACK TOWARD THE AIRPORT AND STARTED THE AIRCRAFT'S PRESCRIBED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES WITHOUT ANY INCREASE IN ENGINE SPEED. HE THEN CONFIGURED THE AIRCRAFT FOR DITCHING BY SHUTTING DOWN THE ENGINE AND OPENING THE LEFT DOOR. AFTER LANDING, HE GOT HIS DOG OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND SWAM TO A NEARBY BOAT. THE ENGINE'S CONDITION LEVER WAS FOUND IN THE SHUT OFF POSITION.

## 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 MIA07LA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA07LA032), Dec 21, 2006: Clopton Aero Aerocomp Compair 7SL (N286JL), Merritt Island, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The airplane manufacturer's inadequate maintenance prior to final aircraft delivery, which resulted in fuel filter blockage and engine fuel starvation.

## Other reports on N286JL (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20100208028229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100208028229A), Feb 8, 2010: Clopton Aer AEROCOMP CO (N286JL), Merritt Island, FL, Substantial damage. N286JL, an experimental amatuer built aerocomp 7SL was on a day VFR flight from tallahassee, FL (ktlh) to Merritt Island, FL (kcoi). Upon landing on RW29,…

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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