# Accident 20070720832429A: Flight CTSW, Daytona Beach, FL, July 20, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 2007, 17:37 local time
- Place: Daytona Beach, FL
- Airport: Spruce Creek
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0802° N, 81.0466° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPRUCE CREEK (7FL6), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0802&lon=-81.0466&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15GS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N15GS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Flight Design CTSW (registry code 0600001, https://openairdocs.org/model/flight-design-ctsw) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FLIGHT CTSW
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 110 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070720832429A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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