- Date
- April 9, 1970
- Place
- Bradenton, FL · BRADENTON, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2911RPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report January 13, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 129524
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1813 70/4/9 BRADENTON,FLA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 35, TIME - 2110 N2911R PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS 565 TOTAL HOURS, 550 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PRIVATE STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SARASOTA,FLA MOBILE,ALA 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: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE 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- NR 2 CONNECTING ROD BOLTS FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2911R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Private Strip
N2911RRegistration cancelled Mar 23, 2018 · Piper PA-28R-200Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-200Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
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