- Date
- March 31, 1977
- Place
- Pompano Beach, FL · POMPANO BEACH, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6094DPiper PA18
- Status
- Completed · report September 2, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770331021239A
- Case key
- 157818
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1927 77/3/31 POMPANO BEACH,FL PIPER PA18 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 22, 1132 TIME - 1545 N6094D PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL ADVERTISING TOTAL HOURS, 26 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FT LAUDERDALE,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION 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- PLT STATED HE DID NOT CHANGE FUEL SELECTOR SOON ENOUGH DURING AERIAL ADVERTISING BANNER FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6094D
- Reported as
- Piper PA18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N6094DRegistered now · Piper PA-18A 150Airframe modelPiper PA-18A 150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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