# Accident 20140924019799A: Piper PA-25-260, Waialua, HI, September 24, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 24, 2014, 11:20 local time
- Place: Waialua, HI
- Airport: Dillingham Airfield
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 21.3003° N, 157.8507° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.3003&lon=-157.8507&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8555L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8555L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-260 (registry code 7102508, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming L-540-T4B5 (registry code 41563, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-l-540-t4b5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-25-260
- Reported engine: LYCOMING L-540-T4B5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 17,723 total, 5 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR14CA389](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14CA389) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140924019799A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT DEPARTED HDH AIRFIELD AT 11:10 AM ON A GLIDER TOW TO 3000 FEET.  DURING THE DESCENT AT APPROXIMATELY 2000 FEET THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND GLIDED TOWARD THE AIRPORT BUT COULD NOT MAKE THE AIRPORT RUNWAY.  THEREFORE THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND HIS AIRCRAFT IN THE WATER ON THE NORTH SHORELINE OF OAHU ISLAND, AS THERE WERE PEOPLE ON THE BEACH.  THE  PILOT WAS ABLE TO EXIT THE AIRPLANE AS THE AIRPLANE DID NOT FLIP OVER BUT THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE FROM THE IMPACT WITH THE WATER.

## 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 WPR14CA389](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14CA389), Sep 24, 2014: Piper PA25 - 260 (N8555L), Mokuleia, HI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper preflight planning and reliance of fuel gauge readings, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.

## Other reports on N8555L (1)

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

- [Accident 19741105037249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741105037249A), Nov 5, 1974: Piper PA25260 (N8555L), Roarng Sprngs, TX, Substantial damage. Plt claimed flat tire. Lnd on narrow dirt rd.

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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