- Date
- May 8, 1980
- Place
- Tampa, FL · TAMPA, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7722JPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report June 19, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800508013359A
- Case key
- 131385
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0998 80/5/8 TAMPA,FL PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 998 TIME - 1245 N7722J PX- 0 0 2 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 77 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VANDENBERG DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TAMPA,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - *ERROR-INVALID CODE* MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- DRG FLT AFTER STARTER RPLCMNT,PROP ADJMNT,ENG CLEANING,FIRE OBSD FM ENG COWLING,THEN ENG PWR LOSS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7722J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Vandenberg
N7722JRegistration cancelled Feb 26, 2013 · Piper PA-32-260Airframe modelPiper PA-32-260Engine modelLycoming 0-540 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.