# Incident 20140108001149I: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA 42, Naples, FL, January 8, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 2014, 09:36 local time
- Place: Naples, FL
- Airport: Naples Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1524° N, 81.7756° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NAPLES MUNI (APF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1524&lon=-81.7756&mi=10
- Aircraft: N801KC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N801KC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 42 (registry code 2990104, https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da-42) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Thielert TAE-125-02-99 (registry code 59302, https://openairdocs.org/engine/thielert-tae-125-02-99) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND INC DA 42
- Reported engine: THIELERT TAE 125-02-99
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 80 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140108001149I

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 8, 2014, MR. PETER S. FUSS, AN ATP PILOT, CERTIFICATE NO. 1518474, PILOTED HIS RECENTLY PURCHASED AIRCRAFT (DECEMBER 19, 2013), A DIAMOND, MODEL NO. DA-42, SERIAL NO. 42.AC101, REGISTRATION NO. N801KC, FROM VENICE, FLORIDA TO DIAMOND AIRCRAFT SERVICE FACILITY IN NAPLES, FLORIDA. DURING THE FLIGHT THERE WERE NO AIRCRAFT ANOMALIES WITH THE AIRCRAFT. ON THE APPROACH TO NAPLES MUNICIPAL AIRPORT THE AIRCRAFT RIGHT ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH WITH LARGE POWER FLUCTUATION. THE PILOT CONTACTED NAPLES AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL (ATC) AND REPORTED THE PROBLEM HE WAS HAVING WITH THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE. THE PILOT MADE A SAFE UNEVENTFUL LANDING, EVEN THOUGH AIRPORT AUTHORITIES AT NAPLES MUNICIPAL AIRPORT PROTOCOL HAD DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. THE PILOT EMPHATICALLY DENIES EVER DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. THE PILOT SOUGHT REPAIRS FOR HIS AIRCRAFT AND IN DOING SO LOCATED A REPAIR FACILITY, PRIMEPLANES AIRCRAFT SERVICES, INC. THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AND REPAIRED WITH THE AID OF THE ENGINE MANUFACTURER WERE MADE. THE LOG ENTRY WRITTEN BY THE MECHANICS WAS NOT DETAILED WITH THE FACTS. THE MECHANIC WAS CONTACTED AND ASKED TO PROVIDED DOCUMENTATION ATTESTING TO THIS INVESTIGATOR THAT THERE WAS A MAINTENANCE RUN UP AFTER THE REPAIRS HAD BEEN AFFECTED. THE MECHANIC PROVIDED THE REQUESTED DETAILED STATEMENT AND NO OTHER PROBLEMS WERE REPORTED BY THE PILOT. THE MECHANIC WAS URGED TO COMPLETE A MALFUNCTION/DEFECT REPORT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.RATIVE

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