- Date
- January 18, 1980
- Place
- St.Croix, VI
- Injuries
- 3 serious, 7 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N25VMPiper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report April 22, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800118005539A
- Case key
- 132337
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0177 80/1/18 ST.CROIX,VI PIPER PA-31 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0743 N25VM PX- 0 2 7 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 25, 2864 TOTAL HOURS, 31 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALEX HAMILTON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ST.CROIX,VI ST THOMAS,VI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- GR CYCLED AFTR INITIAL PWR LOSS.FEATHERED ENG AFTR GETTING SURGE OF PWR BACK.TREES ON SHORELINE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25VM
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Alex Hamilton
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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.