- Date
- August 5, 1981
- Place
- Homestead, FL · HOMESTEAD, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N7946Piper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810805050699A
- Case key
- 124501
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2162 81/8/5 NR.HOMESTEAD,FL PIPER PA-31 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - UNK/NR N7946 PX- 0 0 0 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOMESTEAD,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED REMARKS- ACFT FOUND IN A CANAL.UNABLE TO CONTACT REGISTERED OWNER.INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7946
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
FAA reports on this event · 1
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