- Date
- August 25, 1970
- Place
- St Petersburg, FL · ST PETERSBURG, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7934PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report June 15, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191718
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3497 70/8/25 ST PETERSBURG,FLA PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 881 TIME - 0818 N7934P PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 820 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALBERT WHITTED DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ST PETERSBURG,FLA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: MAGNETOS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY SECURED 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- BOTH MAGNETOS FOUND LOOSE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7934P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Albert Whitted
N7934PRegistration cancelled Nov 19, 2014 · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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Other investigations on N7934P · 1
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