- Date
- August 28, 1979
- Place
- Fort Myers, FL · FORT MYERS, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N10ZPitts S-1-C
- Status
- Completed · report November 2, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790828021749A
- Case key
- 134232
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2787 79/8/28 FORT MYERS,FL PITTS S-1-C CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1430 N10Z PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 22, 543 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 8 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP ST. PETERSBURG,FL FORT MEYERS,FL VENICE,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- PLT REPORTED LOSS OF FUEL PRESSURE.ACFT NOT RECOVERED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10Z
- Reported as
- Pitts S-1-C
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N10ZRegistration cancelled Oct 1, 1979 · Tomlinson-Pitts Special S-1Airframe modelTomlinson-Pitts Special S-1Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.