# Incident 20110615011049I: Republic RC-3, Fort Pierce, FL, June 15, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 2011, 14:54 local time
- Place: Fort Pierce, FL
- Airport: Fort Pierce International Airp
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.4394° N, 80.3121° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Fort Pierce Seaplane Base (1FL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4394&lon=-80.3121&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6458K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6458K-2016-02-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Republic RC-3 (registry code 3080202, https://openairdocs.org/model/republic-rc-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 6A8 series (registry code 27030, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-6a8-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: REPUBLIC RC-3
- Reported engine: FRANKLIN 6B9 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 8,500 total, 1,400 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110615011049I

## Narrative

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

DURING A RETURN FLIGHT FROM NASSAU BAHAMAS, PILOT WAS GIVEN A CLEARANCE TO LAND AT ST. PIERCE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KFPR) AND CLEAR CUSTOMS. PILOT ACCEPTED THE CLEARANCE AND SHORTLY AFTER CONTACTED TOWER STATING HE IS LANDING IN THE WATER (CANAL) AND THAT HE IS A "BOAT PLANE". THEN STATED "THIS IS NOT GOOD" TWR ASKED IF HE WAS REPORTING AN EMERGENCY. REPORTED NO ANSWER. EMERGENCY STATUS WAS DECLARED BY TOWER. AIRCRAFT FOUND AT LOCAL MARINA. NO FURTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE. INVESTIGATION CONTIUING.FURTHER INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT INDICATES THE PILOT DID NOT FULLY SECURE THE FUEL CAP AFTER THE FUELING MYNN. THE FUEL SIPHONED OUT CAUSING THE FUEL STARVATION.

## Other reports on N6458K (1)

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

- [Incident 20001125022589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001125022589I), Nov 25, 2000: Stolam RC3 (N6458K), Camarillo, CA. (-23)See attached sheet

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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