- Date
- April 3, 1982, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Hollywood, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N294TPiper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 3, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820403007719A
- Case key
- 71060
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot was towing a banner along a beach when the engine failed. He landed in the water just offshore and escaped without injury. The aircraft was subsequently destroyed by the surf. An examination of the engine revealed that the no. 3 cylinder had separated. The cylinder was not recovered. The engine had accumulated about 900 hours since overhaul.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N294T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-2408
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Aerial Sign Co. Inc.
- Registered owner
- Aerial Sign Co. Inc.
- Departed
- Hollywood, FL
- Destination
- Hollywood, FL
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 32
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,270 total · 666 in this make and model · 1,183 as pilot in command · 58 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 13 knots
- Temperature
- 180 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- F11, 5 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N294T · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.