J3 pilot suffers engine failure and lands on beach.

Attributes
ACN	749557
Time
Date	200708
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	msl single value : 1100
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	J3 Cub
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : multi engine
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 90 flight time total : 30000 flight time type : 200
ASRS Report	749557
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Engine failure. Landed on beach. No damage. Cause found to be improperly installed fuel line. Repaired fuel line and made takeoff from beach after police cleared area.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: J3 PLT SUFFERS ENGINE FAILURE AND LANDS ON BEACH.

Narrative: ENG FAILURE. LANDED ON BEACH. NO DAMAGE. CAUSE FOUND TO BE IMPROPERLY INSTALLED FUEL LINE. REPAIRED FUEL LINE AND MADE TKOF FROM BEACH AFTER POLICE CLRED AREA.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.