19791016028779A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA23 · Rock Sound, Bahamas · October 16, 1979

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Date: October 16, 1979 · 15:00 local
Place: Rock Sound, Bahamas
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N3041P
Reported as: Piper PA23
Reported engine: Lycoming O320A3B
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,200 total1,700 in this make and model83 in the last 90 days

N3041PRegistration cancelled Dec 3, 1983 · Piper PA-23-150S/N 23-952 · Built 1957 Airframe modelPiper PA-23-150 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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Lost oil pressure on rt eng over ocean. Unable to maintain alt with load & prop feathered. Ditched. Acft lost.

As the FAA filed it

LOST OIL PRESSURE ON RT ENG OVER OCEAN. UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALT WITH LOAD & PROP FEATHERED. DITCHED. ACFT LOST.