# Incident 20110618010939I: B&F Technik Vertriebe Gmbh FK-9, Miami, FL, June 18, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 2011, 08:21 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: Miami
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.7783° N, 80.1703° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MIAMI (X44), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7783&lon=-80.1703&mi=10
- Aircraft: N154WP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N154WP-2013-06-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: B&F Technik Vertriebe FK-9 (registry code 060003G, https://openairdocs.org/model/b-f-technik-vertriebe-fk-9) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: B&F TECHNIK VERTRIEBE GMBH FK-9
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 107 total, 104 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110618010939I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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