- Date
- October 22, 1982, 10:52 local (14:52 UTC)
- Place
- N. Ft. Lauderda, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8856YPiper PA-39
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report October 22, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821022055159A
- Case key
- 71812
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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.
Loss of engine power
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Ditching
Analysis
Pilot says he refueled at nassau with 20 gals in aux. Tanks. Estimated 10 gals each main tank. 45 minutes after departure #1 eng. Failed. 5 minutes later #2 failed. Aircraft sank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8856Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-39
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 39-11
- Airframe hours
- 1,900
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hernandez Aircraft Leasing Cor
- Registered owner
- Hernandez Aircraft Leasing Cor
- Departed
- Nassau
- Destination
- Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- Flight plan
- VFR
N8856YRegistration cancelled May 15, 2013 · Piper PA-39Airframe modelPiper PA-39Engine modelLycoming IO-320 series
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
- 58
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 7,000 total · 30 in this make and model · 5,000 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 40° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Temperature
- 165 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FLL, 10 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.