# Accident 19790719037149A: Piper PA18, Martha'S Vineya, MA, July 19, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 1979, 13:15 local time
- Place: Martha'S Vineya, MA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4167° N, 70.6161° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Martha's Vineyard, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4167&lon=-70.6161&mi=10
- Aircraft: N811H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N811H-1981-02-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- Reported engine: LYC O320A1B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,086 total, 1,900 in this make and model, 136 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC79DA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79DA062) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790719037149A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ENGINE RAN ROUGH. LOST POWER, DITCHED ACFT IN OCEAN. ACFT SANK. CAUSE OF ENGINE PROBLEM UNKNOWN.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC79DA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79DA062), Jul 19, 1979: Piper PA-18 (N811H), Martha'S Vnyrd (Atlantic Ocean), destroyed

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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