- Date
- May 5, 1974
- Place
- Halandale Bch, FL · HALANDALE BCH, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8574CPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report June 21, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740505012799A
- Case key
- 124235
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1318 74/5/5 HALANDALE BCH,FLA PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 19, 396 TIME - 1157 N8574C PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL ADVERTISING TOTAL HOURS, 175 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOLLYWOOD,FLA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE 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- ACFT DITCHED OK,EXTENSIVE DMG DRG SALVAGE OPS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8574C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N8574CRegistered now · Piper PA-18-135Airframe modelPiper PA-18-135Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.