- Date
- August 10, 1978
- Place
- Norfolk, VA · NORFOLK, VA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8997NPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780810030189A
- Case key
- 139660
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2611 78/8/10 NR.NORFOLK,VA PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 897 TIME - 0600 N8997N PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 258 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED NORFOLK,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT LOW ON FUEL REMARKS- PLT STATED POWER ON DITCHING IN WATER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8997N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N8997NRegistration cancelled May 21, 2018 · Piper PA-32-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32-300Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8997N · 1
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