- Date
- September 27, 1974
- Place
- Sn Nicls Is, CA · SN NICLS IS, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8253WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 17, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740927037669A
- Case key
- 142519
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3516 74/9/27 NR.SN NICLS IS,CALIF PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS NO CERTIFICATE, AGE TIME - 1440 N8253W PX- 0 0 0 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA MONICA,CALIF CARSON CITY,NEV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNQUALIFIED PERSON OPERATED AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION 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- LOST ON TOP OF OVRCAST AT SEA.DF STEER TO ISLAND,RAN OUT OF FUEL,DITCHED AT SEA.INJ INDEX PRESUMED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8253W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8253W · 1
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