# Incident 20081010855039I: Tribbl FLIGHTSTAR, Mims, FL, October 10, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 2008, 10:15 local time
- Place: Mims, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.6913° N, 80.8440° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mims, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.6913&lon=-80.8440&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6417, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6417) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Tribble Keith P FLIGHTSTAR II (registry code 05901YK, https://openairdocs.org/model/tribble-keith-p-flightstar-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 582DCDI (registry code 55562, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-582dcdi) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TRIBBL FLIGHTSTAR
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX582
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 160 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081010855039I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING AT AN ALTITUDE OF 2800 FEET AGL WHEN PILOT OBSERVED CONDENSATION ON CARBURETOR.  ENGINE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER AND THEN SHUT OFF.  PILOT SET UP FOR BEST GLIVE AT 55 KNOTS AND ATTEMPTED TO RESTART ENGINE UNSUCCESSFULLY.  PILOT LOCATED AN OPEN FIELD AND SET UP TO LAND IN OPEN FIELD.  PILOT LANDED AIRCRAFT IN OPEN FIELD AND WAS NOT INJURED.  DAMGE WAS LIMITED TO LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR.  POST INCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED A SMALL QUANTITY OF WATER IN BOWLS OF BOTH CARBURETORS AND OIL FROM K&N FILTER ELEMENT HAD BEEN PARTIALLY WASHED OUT.  WATER WAS NOT FOUND IN FUEL TANK OR IN FUEL LINES LEADING TO CARBURETOR.

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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