V1 WAS BEING OPERATED EAST BOUND AT THE MOUTH OF THE ALAFIA RIVER WHEN HIS PORT ENGINE BEGAN TO GIVE HIM TROUBLE. HE SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN TO TAKE A LOOK AND OBSERVED NOTHING OBVIOUS WRONG. WHEN HE RESTARTED THE ENGINE, IT CAUGHT ON FIRE, BY THE TIME HE TRIED TO GRAB A FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND LIFE JACKET THE FIRE SPREAD. HE GRABBED A FLOAT AND JUMPED OVERBOARD SWIMMING TO A NEARBY ISLAND.
GIBSONTON                     