# Incident 20231006018479I: Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna TECNAM, Kendal, FL, October 6, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 6, 2023, 00:00 local time
- Place: Kendal, FL
- Airport: Miami Executive
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operator: 9PTS
- Location: 25.6476° N, 80.4332° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MIAMI EXEC (TMB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.6476&lon=-80.4332&mi=10
- Aircraft: N962GV (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: COSTRUZIONI AERONAUTICHE TECNA TECNAM
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912S3
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 1,550 total, 700 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231006018479I

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 6,2023 A PREFLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED AND PIC NOTICED AN INACCURACY OF THE RIGHT FUEL QUANTITY GUAGE BUT A VISUAL CHECK OF THE FUEL WAS CHECKED USING THE DIPSTICK AND BOTH PILOTS CALCULATED THERE WAS AT LEAST  3 HOURS OF FUEL ON BOARD FOR THE FLIGHT.  DURING THE INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT TO MARATHON, FL WHICH WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER 14CFR PART 61, PIC NOTICED LEFT FUEL QUANTITY GUAGE WASN'T MOVING DURING MANEUVERS AND RIGHT FUEL QUANTITY GUAGE STARTED TO MOVE DURING STRAIGHT AND LEVEL FLIGHT. WHILE RETURNING BACK TO MIAMI EXECUTIVE AIRPORT(TMB) LEFT ENGINE BEGAN TO SPUTTER, RAN NORMAL THEN EVENTALLY QUIT. DURING FINAL APPROACH TO TMB RIGHT ENGINE STARTED TO SPUTTER, PIC TROUBLESHOT TO RECOVER ENGINE THEN RADIOED MAYDAY. ONCE WINGS WERE LEVEL RIGHT ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN NORMAL AND AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY. AN INSPECTION OF BOTH FUEL TANKS BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL ON OCTOBER 6,2023 REVEALED THE PRESENCE OF ONLY RESIDUAL FUEL.

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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