- Date
- July 2, 1972
- Place
- St. Augustine, FL · ST. AUGUSTINE, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1183PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report February 22, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167395
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2330 72/7/2 ST. AUGUSTINE,FLA PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1739 N1183P PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS AGE 29, 3458 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 140 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BALTIMORE,MD FT. LAUDERDALE,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES - COMMUNICATIONS AND NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT: TRANSMITTERS AND/OR RECEIVERS INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES - COMMUNICATIONS AND NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT: VOR RECEIVERS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLUCTUATING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- APPLICABLE NAV CHARTS NOT ON BOARD,VFR ON TOP OVC.VOR INOP UNTIL EMERG.RADIO INTERMITTENT.SANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1183P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N1183PRegistration cancelled Jun 25, 2009 · Piper PA-23Airframe modelPiper PA-23Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.