20141203022139I

Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Paulk Robert A ZODIAC CH-601XL · Hilliard, FL · December 3, 2014

Date
December 3, 2014 · 12:45 local
Place
Hilliard, FL
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N131BP
Reported as
Paulk Robert A Zodiac CH-601XL
Reported engine
JABIRU 3300
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,282 total236 in this make and model8 in the last 90 days

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.

Pilot had uneventful start-up, taxi and take off. Leveled off at 2000 MSL reduced to cruise power. About 10 minutes in flight pilot heard audible warning from his dynon DEK-180 EFIS "low oil pressure." In the time it took the pilot to visually confirm the oil pressure drop to zero. As the pilot started looking for an off field landing area the engine stopped. With river and marsh predominance, a wide portion of us 17 in nassau county, Florida was available with limited traffic. Uneventful landing, taxied off hwy into gas station parking lot. No injuries and no aircraft damage which makes this event an "occurrence" not an incident. FAA inspector saw aircraft at home airfield as owner removed wings and moved aircraft back to home hanger within hours after landing.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT HAD UNEVENTFUL START-UP, TAXI AND TAKE OFF. LEVELED OFF AT 2000 MSL REDUCED TO CRUISE POWER. ABOUT 10 MINUTES IN FLIGHT PILOT HEARD AUDIBLE WARNING FROM HIS DYNON DEK-180 EFIS "LOW OIL PRESSURE." IN THE TIME IT TOOK THE PILOT TO VISUALLY CONFIRM THE OIL PRESSURE DROP TO ZERO. AS THE PILOT STARTED LOOKING FOR AN OFF FIELD LANDING AREA THE ENGINE STOPPED. WITH RIVER AND MARSH PREDOMINANCE, A WIDE PORTION OF US 17 IN NASSAU COUNTY, FLORIDA WAS AVAILABLE WITH LIMITED TRAFFIC. UNEVENTFUL LANDING, TAXIED OFF HWY INTO GAS STATION PARKING LOT. NO INJURIES AND NO AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WHICH MAKES THIS EVENT AN "OCCURRENCE" NOT AN INCIDENT. FAA INSPECTOR SAW AIRCRAFT AT HOME AIRFIELD AS OWNER REMOVED WINGS AND MOVED AIRCRAFT BACK TO HOME HANGER WITHIN HOURS AFTER LANDING.