20111226030249A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Classic WACO YMF · Marathon, FL · December 26, 2011

Date
December 26, 2011 · 13:30 local
Place
Marathon, FL
Airport
Marathon Airport
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
YMFJ
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N64JE
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA12LA126
Reported as
Classic Waco YMF
Reported engine
JACOBS R755B series
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
3,400 total70 in this make and model80 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

According to the pilot the aircraft had an uncontrolled power reduction during cruise flight. Pilot opted to make emergency landing in the ocean.

As the FAA filed it

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT THE AIRCRAFT HAD AN UNCONTROLLED POWER REDUCTION DURING CRUISE FLIGHT. PILOT OPTED TO MAKE EMERGENCY LANDING IN THE OCEAN.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

Other reports on N64JE · 3

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