- Date
- March 24, 1978
- Place
- Hollywood, FL · HOLLYWOOD, FL
- Injuries
- 3 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N161UBeech C45G
- Status
- Completed · report July 11, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780324008719A
- Case key
- 141843
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1105 78/3/24 HOLLYWOOD,FL BEECH C45G CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 2110 N161U PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 48, 10797 TOTAL HOURS, 11 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NASSAU,BAHAMAS HOLLYWOOD,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: OTHER 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- LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT LOWER TO LOCKED POSITION FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N161U
- Reported as
- Beech C45G
- 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.
Other investigations on N161U · 2
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