- Date
- July 12, 1981
- Place
- Little Rock, AR · LITTLE ROCK, AR
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4807SPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report August 10, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810712045469A
- Case key
- 124831
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1342 81/7/12 LITTLE ROCK,AR PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 55, 2015 TIME - 1440 N4807S PX- 0 0 5 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 302 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ADAMS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LITTLE ROCK,AR GRAND ISLE,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- UN TO REACH ARPT.DITCHED IN ARKANSAS RVR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4807S
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Adams
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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.