- Date
- August 27, 1983, 15:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Okeechobee, FL
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1325CPiper PA-22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830827044279A
- Case key
- 30933
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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 non-rated plt stated that the eng lost power while he was flying over lake Okeechobee. He was unable to restart the eng & subsequently ditched the acft in the lake. After recovery, the eng was inspected, but no preimpact, mechanical failure was evident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1325C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-1118
- Airframe hours
- 2,604
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D2, 135 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Del Russo Taylor
- Registered owner
- Jerry O. Scott
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- LNA · Lantana, FL
- Destination
- X16 · Tampa, 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
- 44
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PBI, 45 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.