- Date
- August 22, 1979
- Place
- Camuy, PR
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2415GPiper PA-38
- Status
- Completed · report January 14, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790822026679A
- Case key
- 133817
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3865 79/8/22 NR.CAMUY,PR PIPER PA-38 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 51, 6000 TIME - 1600 N2415G PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 40 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DOMINICAN REPUBLIC SAN JUAN,PR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) POWERPLANT - LUBRICATING SYSTEM: VALVES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LEAK/LEAKAGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OIL EXHAUSTION-ENGINE LUBRICATION SYSTEM 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- SAND IN OIL SUMP DRAIN VALVE SEAT.ENGINE OIL AND FILTER CHANGED ON DAY OF FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2415G
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N2415GRegistration cancelled Jul 18, 2011 · Piper PA-38-112Airframe modelPiper PA-38-112Engine modelLycoming 0-235 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.