- Date
- October 1, 1978
- Place
- Ft Walton Bch, FL · FT WALTON BCH, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 3 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N74ZDouglas DC-3
- Status
- Completed · report January 15, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781001040549A
- Case key
- 139220
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3634 78/10/1 NR.FT WALTON BCH,FL DOUGLAS DC-3 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 1754 N74Z PX- 0 0 3 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MIAMI,FL SAN JUAN,PR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER LOW ON FUEL REMARKS- ELECTRICAL FAILURE FOR UNKNOWN REASON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N74Z
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N74ZRegistration cancelled Jun 26, 2018 · Douglas DC3C 1830-94Airframe modelDouglas DC3C 1830-94Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-1830 series
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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.