Fly By Sea COMP AIR 1 N880FS

Summary

On 26 September 2007 at about 19:15 local time, a Fly By Sea COMP AIR 1 registered N880FS was involved in an accident near Rockledge, Florida, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

26 September 2007 at 19:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Rockledge, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Merritt Island (COI)

Coordinates

28.3417, -80.6856

Aircraft

Fly By Sea COMP AIR 1

Registration

N880FS

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Merritt → Merritt

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA07LA158

Nobody was injured.

Loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The owner of the airplane hired an instructor to have the pilot checked out on the airplane. The airplane was taken back to the manufacturer to have a few discrepancies looked into that were noted during the pilot's familiarization flight. The pilot elected to conduct the post maintenance flight by himself. The airplane was 7 miles from the airport when the engine lost power without any warning. His attempts to restart the engine were unsuccessful. The pilot landed the airplane on a canal dike, and slid down an embankment. The post accident wreckage inspection conducted by a FAA inspector did not reveal the reason for the engine's loss of power. The instructor stated the pilot received about an hour of dual instructions on the airplane and systems and that the pilot, had in the past, inadvertently shutdown the engine several times while taxiing during the training.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.