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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Interplane SKYBOY · Punta Gorda, FL · November 11, 2013

Date: November 11, 2013 · 11:25 local
Place: Punta Gorda, FL
Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N215Z
Reported as: Interplane Skyboy
Reported engine: ROTAX 582UL
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Student
Pilot’s flight hours: 300 total

N215ZRegistration cancelled Jan 8, 2014 · Interplane SKYBOYS/N 25-2001 · Built 2001 Airframe modelInterplane SKYBOY Engine modelRotax 582UL DCDI2 cycle

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 November 11, 2013, at approximately 1125 EST, an Interplane Skyboy operating experimental light sport aircraft, N215Z, privacy data omitted, lost power while in level cruise during a personal flight which originated at venice, FL (vnc), was bound for charlotte county airport, FL (pgd), and landed in the waters of charlotte harbor. Visual meterological conditions prevailed at the time, and no flight plan had been filed. The aircraft received minor damage and the student pilot rated sole occupant of the aircraft was uninjured.

As the FAA filed it

ON NOVEMBER 11, 2013, AT APPROXIMATELY 1125 EST, AN INTERPLANE SKYBOY OPERATING EXPERIMENTAL LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT, N215Z, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, LOST POWER WHILE IN LEVEL CRUISE DURING A PERSONAL FLIGHT WHICH ORIGINATED AT VENICE, FL (VNC), WAS BOUND FOR CHARLOTTE COUNTY AIRPORT, FL (PGD), AND LANDED IN THE WATERS OF CHARLOTTE HARBOR. VISUAL METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE STUDENT PILOT RATED SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNINJURED.