# Accident 19850904043309A: Piper PA28161, Everglades City, FL, September 4, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 1985, 10:30 local time
- Place: Everglades City, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: ECZA
- Location: 25.8601° N, 81.3804° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Everglades City, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.8601&lon=-81.3804&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8015X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8015X-2015-11-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 712 total, 96 in this make and model, 168 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA85LA244](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85LA244) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850904043309A

## Narrative

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

DITCHED IN CHOKOLOSEE BAY AFTER POWER LOSS. INTAKE VALVE WAS DEFORMED, CAUSING COMPRESSION LOSS AND DETONATION.

## 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 MIA85LA244](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85LA244), Sep 4, 1985: Piper PA-28-161 (N8015X), Everglades City, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8015X (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20050522008159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050522008159I), May 22, 2005: Piper PA28161 (N8015X), Allentown, PA, Minor damage. (-23) Instructor was giving a check-out on the aircraft. While taxiing, the nose wheel entered a hole on the side of the taxiway, causing the propeller to…

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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