- Date
- August 3, 1977
- Place
- Bimini, Burkina Faso · BIMINI, Bahamas
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7759YPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report October 4, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770803023829A
- Case key
- 145540
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0021 77/8/3 NR.BIMINI,BAHAMAS PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1215 N7759Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 39, 8761 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 4005 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BIMINI,BAHAMAS FT.LAUDERDALE,FL 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 REMARKS- INVEST UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF BAHAMAS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7759Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.