- Date
- April 6, 1977
- Place
- San Juan, PR · SAN JUAN, PR
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5519YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report October 3, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770406011869A
- Case key
- 157831
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2095 77/4/6 NR.SAN JUAN,PR PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 1063 TIME - 0800 N5519Y PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO TOTAL HOURS, 345 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ISLA GRANDE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ST THOMAS,VI SAN JUAN,PR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING DITCHING LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: OTHER FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- PLT UNABLE EXTEND LND GR BY EMERGENCY METHOD.RT ENG OVERHEAT LOST POWR ON GO-AROUND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5519Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Isla Grande
N5519YRegistration cancelled Aug 3, 1977 · Piper PA-23-250 (6PCLM)Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250 (6PCLM)
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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.