- Date
- June 14, 1972
- Place
- N.Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean) · N.ATLANTIC OCEAN, AO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7573JPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report March 22, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167753
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4101 72/6/14 N.ATLANTIC OCEAN PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 64, NOT TIME - 0815 N7573J PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP INSTRUMENT RATED. DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ABACO,BAHAMAS ELEUTHERA,BAHAMAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: OTHER 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- DRG DSCNT ENG FAILED WITHOUT WARN.PLT SWITCHED TANKS,ATMTD RESTART WO SUCCESS,DITCHED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7573J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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