- Date
- March 13, 1977
- Place
- No.Miami Beach, FL · NO.MIAMI BEACH, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N294TPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 157460
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0768 77/3/13 NO.MIAMI BEACH,FL PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 2534 TIME - 1145 N294T PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL ADVERTISING TOTAL HOURS, 1185 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NORTH PERRY ARPT,FL RETURN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PWR FAILURE AFTR BANNER DROP.FUEL SEL ON L TANK CONTAINING APRX 3GAL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N294T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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Other investigations on N294T · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB LAX05LA273Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPalos Verdes, CAa loss of engine power due to the cyclic fatigue failure and separation of the number 4 piston.NTSB MIA82DA127Accident · No injuriesFinal reportHollywood, FLThe pilot was towing a banner along a beach when the engine failed. He landed in the water just offshore and escaped without injury. The aircraft was subsequently destroyed by the surf. An examination of the engine revealed that the no. 3 cylinder had…