- Date
- May 26, 1979
- Place
- Ft Lauderdale, FL · FT LAUDERDALE, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N17080Piper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report August 3, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790526011609A
- Case key
- 135915
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1819 79/5/26 NR.FT LAUDERDALE,FL PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 59, 8148 TIME - N17080 PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL ADVERTISING TOTAL HOURS, 3505 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FT.LAUDERDALE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FT LAUDERDALE,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: VENTS,DRAINS,TANK CAPS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OBSTRUCTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- L FUEL CAP CONTAMINATED W RUST PARTICLES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17080
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ft.Lauderdale
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N17080 · 1
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