- Date
- July 11, 1974
- Place
- Bimini (Atlantic Ocean) · BIMINI,BAHAMAS, AO
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3379WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report August 19, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740711021379A
- Case key
- 173393
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0042 74/7/11 NR.BIMINI,BAHAMAS PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 55, 650 TIME - 1140 N3379W PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BIMINI,BAHAMAS 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) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- DITCHED ABT 17MI NW OF BIMINI.ACFT NOT RCVRD.PLT RPTD LOST OIL PRESS.OCCUPANTS USED LIFE JACKETS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3379W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.