- Date
- May 1, 1984, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Daytona Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N65676Boeing A75L300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840501014999A
- Case key
- 31133
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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 acft lost power while the plt was towing a banner over water. He was unable to restart the eng & subsequesntly ditched the acft in the ocean near Daytona Beach, FL. The plt elected to keep the banner attached to the acft to keep the plane from flipping over during impact. According to him, the acft fuel sys was not equipped with a sump drain & fuel contamination was present within the sys.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65676
- Reported as
- Boeing A75L300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75-7524
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Snyder Aero Advertising
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Departed
- 34J · New Smyrna, 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
- 30
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 4,249 total · 200 in this make and model · 4,130 as pilot in command · 228 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 12 knots, gusting 12
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 30,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point 81 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DAB, 3 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.