- Date
- December 28, 1974
- Place
- Sanibel, FL · SANIBEL, FL
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8635YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report February 6, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741228043439A
- Case key
- 144911
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4241 74/12/28 SANIBEL,FLA PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 1210 TIME - 1200 N8635Y PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 310 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CASA YBEL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OCEAN REEF,FLA SANIBEL,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE REMARKS- HINK SINK RATE,BOUNCED LDG.APPLIED PWR,ASYMMETRICAL THRUST OCCURRED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8635Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Casa Ybel
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8635Y · 1
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