- Date
- January 12, 1976
- Place
- Venice, FL · VENICE, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N974WSiai-Marche S.205
- Status
- Completed · report April 6, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760112002989A
- Case key
- 152863
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0324 76/1/12 VENICE,FL SIAI-MARCHE S.205 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 7068 TIME - 1635 N974W PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VENICE MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VENICE,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL 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 IN SALT WATER. FRESH WATER IN CARB.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N974W
- Reported as
- Siai-Marche S.205
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Venice Muni
N974WRegistration cancelled Jul 25, 1977 · Siai-Marchetti S.205/22RAirframe modelSiai-Marchetti S.205/22R
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.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.