- Date
- August 3, 1980
- Place
- Daytona Beach, FL · DAYTONA BEACH, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N30882Piper J5A
- Status
- Completed · report August 25, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800803034969A
- Case key
- 129744
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1004 80/8/3 DAYTONA BEACH,FL PIPER J5A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 21, 584 TIME - 1642 N30882 PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL ADVERTISING TOTAL HOURS, 259 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW SMYRNA BEACH,FL LOCAL 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 COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30882
- Reported as
- Piper J5A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N30882Registration cancelled Jan 30, 2019 · Piper J5AAirframe modelPiper J5AEngine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N30882 · 1
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