# Incident 20211224021359I: Rockwell International 114, Kenansville, FL, December 24, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 24, 2021, 14:38 local time
- Place: Kenansville, FL
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.8764° N, 80.9878° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kenansville, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.8764&lon=-80.9878&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4945W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4945W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rockwell International 114 (registry code 7630314, https://openairdocs.org/model/rockwell-international-114) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL 114
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211224021359I

## Narrative

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

12/24/2021. PILOT PERFORMED PREFLIGHT OF COMMANDER 114; FUEL GAUGES READ JUST ABOVE ½ TANKS, APPROX. 18 GALLONS PER SIDE. VISUAL CHECK OF TANKS SHOWED FUEL BELOW THE TABS (FUEL AT TABS EQUALS 24 GALLONS PER SIDE); SUMPED TANKS, NO CONTAMINANTS.  COMPLETED PREFLIGHT, PLANE AIRWORTHY FOR FLIGHT.

FLIGHT- ROUND-TRIP FLIGHT FROM KISM-KORL-KPBI-KISM, 281NM, 2:02 ETE, ESTIMATED FUEL BURN OF 28 GALLONS WHICH WOULD LEAVE APPROX. 40 MINUTE RESERVE.

ON RETURN FROM KPBI, APPROX. 15 NM SOUTH EAST OF KISM, ENGINE SPUTTERED, PILOT SWITCHED THE FUEL SELECTOR FROM BOTH TO LEFT TANK, TURNED ELECTRIC BOOST PUMP ON, ENGINE RAN NORMALLY FOR APPROX.. 2 MINUTES, SPUTTERED AGAIN AND STOPPED.  PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH KISM TOWER, ADVISED OF AN ENGINE FAILURE.  PERFORMED A SOFT/SHORT FIELD LANDING, SHUT DOWN PLANE AND EXITED.  PLANE WAS UNDAMAGED, PILOT AND PAX UNINJURED.  AUTHORITIES NOTIFIED.

## Other reports on N4945W (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20050205001779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050205001779I), Feb 5, 2005: Gulstm 114 (N4945W), Concord, NH, Minor damage. (-23) On 02/05/2005 N4945W landed runway 35 at Concord, NH with the gear up at 1400EST. No injuries to the two people onboard. The pilot [privacy data omitted]…

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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