- Date
- January 6, 1975
- Place
- Dominica, Dominican Republic · DOMINICA,BWI, Dominica
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8090NPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report February 11, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750106042969A
- Case key
- 148679
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0001 75/1/6 NR.DOMINICA,BWI PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE UNK/NR, 157 TIME - 0820 N8090N PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MELVILLE HALL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ST KITTS,BWI DOMINICA,BWI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER LOW ON FUEL REMARKS- UN TO REACH ARPT.SUCESSFUL DITCHING OFF-SHORE.INVESTIGATION JURISDICTION GOVT OF BRITISH W INDIES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8090N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Melville Hall
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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.