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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · B&F Technik Vertriebe FK-9 · Miami, FL · June 18, 2011

Date
June 18, 2011 · 08:21 local
Place
Miami, FL
Airport
Miami
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N154WP
Reported as
B&F Technik Vertriebe FK-9
Reported engine
ROTAX 912ULS
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Sport pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
107 total104 in this make and model

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.

On the morning of 18 June 2011, N154WP a FK9 light sport plane with floats departed from the Miami seaplane base (X44) with a destination of bimini. Approximately 10 miles east of X44 and still climbing, the pilot stated he noticed that the cylinder head temperature and engine oil temperature began to rise above the normal range. The aircraft turned back to the departure point and the temperatures continued to rise. The pilot made a precautionary landing on the water with no damage to the aircraft approximately 10 miles east of X44 and shut down the engine normally. The aircraft was towed the remaining distance to the seaplane base.

As the FAA filed it

ON THE MORNING OF 18 JUNE 2011, N154WP A FK9 LIGHT SPORT PLANE WITH FLOATS DEPARTED FROM THE MIAMI SEAPLANE BASE (X44) WITH A DESTINATION OF BIMINI.APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES EAST OF X44 AND STILL CLIMBING, THE PILOT STATED HE NOTICED THAT THE CYLINDER HEAD TEMPERATURE AND ENGINE OIL TEMPERATURE BEGAN TO RISE ABOVE THE NORMAL RANGE. THE AIRCRAFT TURNED BACK TO THE DEPARTURE POINT AND THE TEMPERATURES CONTINUED TO RISE. THE PILOT MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON THE WATER WITH NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES EAST OF X44 AND SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE NORMALLY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED THE REMAINING DISTANCE TO THE SEAPLANE BASE.