# Accident 19860827046999A: Piper PA25, North Myrtle Be, SC, August 27, 1986

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 1986, 16:40 local time
- Place: North Myrtle Be, SC
- Airport: Grand Strand
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6917° N, 78.8212° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about 3 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6917&lon=-78.8212&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9101D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9101D-2013-05-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25 (registry code 7102502, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25
- Reported engine: LYC O320A2A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,193 total, 797 in this make and model, 475 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL86LA254](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86LA254) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860827046999A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT REPORTED THE ENGINE OF THE BANNER TOW PLANE LOST POWER AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DITCHED IN THE OCEAN.

## 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 ATL86LA254](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86LA254), Aug 27, 1986: Piper PA-25 (N9101D), Myrtle Beach, SC, 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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