# Accident 20140104000249A: Prizio David P TEXAS SPRT CUB TX11J, Catalina Island, CA, January 4, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 2014, 12:50 local time
- Place: Catalina Island, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4544° N, 118.2867° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4544&lon=-118.2867&mi=10
- Aircraft: N114DE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N114DE-2014-03-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Prizio David P TEXAS SPRT CUB TX11J (registry code 05626UI, https://openairdocs.org/model/prizio-david-p-texas-sprt-cub-tx11j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Jabiru 3300 (registry code 34801, https://openairdocs.org/engine/jabiru-3300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PRIZIO DAVID P TEXAS SPRT CUB TX11J
- Reported engine: JABIRU 3300
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,693 total, 286 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR14CA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14CA087) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140104000249A

## Narrative

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

PERFORMED PRE-FLIGHT INSPECTION AND RUN UP OF ENGINE WITHOUT INCIDENT, DEPARTED CHINO AIRPORT IN SOUTHERLY DIRECTION CLIMBED TO 6500 FEET AND HEADED WEST.  APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT THE ENGINE ABRUPTLY QUIT, SURGED BRIEFLY THEN STOPPED.  A NUMBER OF RESTARTS WERE ATTEMPTED BUT UNSUCCESSFUL, MAYDAY WAS DECLARED AND THE AIRCRAFT DITCHED IN THE OCEAN AHEAD OF A FISHING BOAT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR14CA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14CA087), Jan 4, 2014: Prizio Texas Sprt CUB TX11J (N114DE), Avalon, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power during cruise flight for reasons that could not be determined because the airplane was not recovered.

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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