Jabiru J250-SP N619J

Summary

On 1 June 2020 at about 14:53 local time, a Jabiru J250-SP registered N619J was involved in an accident near Gulf of Mexico, United States. 2 people were 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

1 June 2020 at 14:53

Classification

Accident

Location

Gulf of Mexico, United States

Coordinates

26.0150, -82.1125

Aircraft

Jabiru J250-SP

Registration

N619J

Category

Airplane

Year built

2007

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Crystal River → Key West

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA20CA201

Nobody was injured.

A total loss of engine power due to a fuel leak that could not be identified since the wreckage was not recovered.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that he was conducting a cross country flight and departed the airport with slightly less than 36 gallons of fuel on board. About 1.5 hours into the flight, he noticed that the fuel tank quantities were dropping rapidly. The engine subsequently lost all power, and he set up for a ditching in the Gulf of Mexico. After ditching, the pilot and passenger were picked up by a U.S. Navy helicopter and transported to a local hospital for observation. The airplane eventually sank and was not recovered. The pilot also reported that the engine consumed about 5.5 to 6 gallons of fuel per hour and he suspected a breach of the fuel system prior to the loss of engine power. The airplane was configured with two wing tanks that gravity fed to a header tank; both tanks fed simultaneously utilizing an "On-Off" fuel selector in the cockpit.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.