# Incident 20110103000069I: Eclipse Avi EA500, Fort Lauderdale, FL, January 3, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 2011, 17:16 local time
- Place: Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.0717° N, 80.1497° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE/HOLLYWOOD INTL (FLL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0717&lon=-80.1497&mi=10
- Aircraft: N214MS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N214MS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eclipse EA500 (registry code 3350000, https://openairdocs.org/model/eclipse-ea500) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW610F-A (registry code 52267, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw610f-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ECLIPSE AVI EA500
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW610F-A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110103000069I

## Narrative

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

ON 3 JAN 2011, AIRCRAFT N214MS DEPARTED HOUSTON, TEXAS AIRPORT (IWS) FOR KEY LARGO, FLORIDA AIRPORT (07FA), PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, CERTIFICATE NO.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (ATP). THE ACFT AN ECLIPSE, MODEL EA500 DEVELOPED A PROBLEM WITH THE LEFT ENGINE TEMPERATURE RUNNING HIGH FOLLOWED BY A "LEFT ENGINE EXCEEDANCE" CREW ALERTING SYSTEM MESSAGE. THE PILOT REDUCED POWER ON THAT ENGINE HOPING TO REDUCE TEMP, TEMP CONTINUED TO CLIMB, PILOT DECIDED TO SHUTDOWN ENGINE DOWN AND NOTIFIED MIAMI CENTER. THE ACFT WAS FLYING AT FL 370 WHEN THE CALL WAS MADE. THE ACFT WAS DIVERTED TO FLL DUE TO LOSS OF LEFT ENGINE AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE PILOT NOTIFIED THE MFG, ECLIPSE AVN CORP, WHO DIRECTED PILOT TO CONTACT THE PRATT AND WHITNEY REPRESENTATIVE AT BOCA AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE, WHO TRAVELED TO FLL WHERE THE LEFT ENGINE WAS REPLACED. ACCORDING TO THE PRATT AND WHITNEY REPRESENTATIVE THIS IS THE SECOND ENGINE REPLACED ON THIS AIRCRAFT IN LESS THAN TEN HOURS. THE ACO CALLED AND I SHARED INFORMATION. THERE IS AN AD ON THIS ACFT, AD 2008-24-07, LIMITING THIS ACFT TO FL 370, ALTITUDES ABOVE THIS FL CAUSES THIS ACFT ENGINE TO PRODUCE HARD CARBON BUILDUP (COKING) RAPIDLY.

## Other reports on N214MS (1)

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

- [Incident 20260924013079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260924013079I), Sep 24, 2026: Eclipse Aviation Corp EA500 (N214MS), Blountville, TN, Minor damage. During a night takeoff roll in rain on runway 23 at ktri, an Eclipse EA500 [privacy data omitted] aligned with the right runway edge lights instead of the…

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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