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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 177 · Jacksonville, FL · May 8, 2020

Date
May 8, 2020 · 18:00 local
Place
Jacksonville, FL
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N3361T
Reported as
Cessna 177
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
5,408 total

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 05/08/2020 about 6:30PM N3361T made off field landing on a beach inside little talbot island state park. Due to a fuel leak on the right fuel tank with a stuck open sump drain. Landing was made with no damage to the aircraft. During post flight inspection the pilot privacy data omitted confirm right tank sump drain in fact leaking. The aircraft pilot privacy data omitted was able to obtain fuel from the state park rangers filling only the left tank and took off from the beach headed on a five minute flight to Jacksonville executive at craig airport (crg). Landing at crg filled up his left tank completely full. Continue to ormond beach airport (omn) flying only on the left tank safety landing, the aircraft has since been repaired and sold.

As the FAA filed it

ON 05/08/2020 ABOUT 6:30PM N3361T MADE OFF FIELD LANDING ON A BEACH INSIDE LITTLE TALBOT ISLAND STATE PARK. DUE TO A FUEL LEAK ON THE RIGHT FUEL TANK WITH A STUCK OPEN SUMP DRAIN. LANDING WAS MADE WITH NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. DURING POST FLIGHT INSPECTION THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CONFIRM RIGHT TANK SUMP DRAIN IN FACT LEAKING. THE AIRCRAFT PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ABLE TO OBTAIN FUEL FROM THE STATE PARK RANGERS FILLING ONLY THE LEFT TANK AND TOOK OFF FROM THE BEACH HEADED ON A FIVE MINUTE FLIGHT TO JACKSONVILLE EXECUTIVE AT CRAIG AIRPORT (CRG). LANDING AT CRG FILLED UP HIS LEFT TANK COMPLETELY FULL. CONTINUE TO ORMOND BEACH AIRPORT (OMN) FLYING ONLY ON THE LEFT TANK SAFETY LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT HAS SINCE BEEN REPAIRED AND SOLD.