- Date
- August 5, 1981
- Place
- Ocean City, MD · OCEAN CITY, MD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8355VChampion 7GCAA
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810805055239A
- Case key
- 124964
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1476 81/8/5 OCEAN CITY,MD CHAMPION 7GCAA CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1130 N8355V PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL ADVERTISING AGE 20, 806 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 105 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OCEAN CITY,MD LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- #3 EXHAUST VALVE FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8355V
- Reported as
- Champion 7GCAA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8355VRegistration cancelled Nov 19, 2014 · Champion 7GCAAAirframe modelChampion 7GCAAEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.