- Date
- May 24, 1980
- Place
- Pompano Beach, FL · POMPANO BEACH, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N29701Breezy RLU-1
- Status
- Completed · report January 20, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800524014509A
- Case key
- 130352
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3318 80/5/24 POMPANO BEACH,FL BREEZY RLU-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 1400 TIME - 1400 N29701 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION POMPANO 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) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: CARBURETOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- DITCHED IN OCEAN NEAR SHORE. SAND,DIRT & RUST IN CARB.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29701
- Reported as
- Breezy RLU-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N29701Registration cancelled Sep 29, 2014 · Expl Acft ASS Wlgtn Chpt 297 BREEZYAirframe modelExpl Acft ASS Wlgtn Chpt 297 BREEZY
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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.