<< >> NASA ASRS Report 904442, August 2010

A single engine amphibian suffered an engine failure but landed safely on a large body of sea water.

Attributes
ACN	904442
Time
Date	201008
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft High Wing 1 Eng Retractable Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	None
Component
Aircraft Component	Engine
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 Flight Crew Total 13000 Flight Crew Type 15
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

Engine failure caused a forced landing on a salt water sound. The airplane is an amphibious design and landed safely. There were no injuries and the airplane was towed by the fire department to a local dock. The cause of the engine failure is unknown; however there was evidence of an internal failure resulting in oil discharged from the left exhaust as well as engine components; which were ejected into the propeller causing damage to the prop.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A single engine amphibian suffered an engine failure but landed safely on a large body of sea water.

Narrative: Engine failure caused a forced landing on a salt water sound. The airplane is an amphibious design and landed safely. There were no injuries and the airplane was towed by the Fire Department to a local dock. The cause of the engine failure is unknown; however there was evidence of an internal failure resulting in oil discharged from the left exhaust as well as engine components; which were ejected into the propeller causing damage to the prop.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.