20070720832429A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Flight CTSW · Daytona Beach, FL · July 20, 2007

Date
July 20, 2007 · 17:37 local
Place
Daytona Beach, FL
Airport
Spruce Creek
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N15GS
Reported as
Flight Ctsw
Reported engine
ROTAX ROTAX*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,500 total110 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

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.

(-23) On July 20, 2007 privacy data omitted was enroute from harrisburg, pa (cxy) to spuce Creek, FL. The Flight was approximately 7 hours. During Flight through jacksonville, FL he noted a significant difference in fuel levels. Further into the Flight he noticed the fuel utilization was burning quickly. Enroute to spuce Creek, the engine sputtered and the plane sustained significant damage in regards to fuel depletion. Upon investigation found fuel staining on and around the area of the right wing railing edge, which signatured a typical fuel cap/vent leak during Flight. The aircraft sustained damage to the ventral fin, both wing tips, fuel tank, rudder, nose landing gear, windows, spinner and cowling.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON JULY 20, 2007 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ENROUTE FROM HARRISBURG, PA (CXY) TO SPUCE CREEK, FL. THE FLIGHT WAS APPROXIMATELY 7 HOURS. DURING FLIGHT THROUGH JACKSONVILLE, FL HE NOTED A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN FUEL LEVELS. FURTHER INTO THE FLIGHT HE NOTICED THE FUEL UTILIZATION WAS BURNING QUICKLY. ENROUTE TO SPUCE CREEK, THE ENGINE SPUTTERED AND THE PLANE SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE IN REGARDS TO FUEL DEPLETION. UPON INVESTIGATION FOUND FUEL STAINING ON AND AROUND THE AREA OF THE RIGHT WING RAILING EDGE, WHICH SIGNATURED A TYPICAL FUEL CAP/VENT LEAK DURING FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE VENTRAL FIN, BOTH WING TIPS, FUEL TANK, RUDDER, NOSE LANDING GEAR, WINDOWS, SPINNER AND COWLING.