- Date
- April 2, 1987, 07:34 local (12:34 UTC)
- Place
- Titusville, FL
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N25NANorth American B-25-J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 2, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870402010479A
- Case key
- 31887
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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 plt stated that he was in the vicinity of melbourne FL when the right engine failed. He secured the right engine and turned back towards new smyrna beach, but as he was nearing tico airport the left engine also failed. The pilot, realizing he was not going to make the airport, elected to land in a pond next to I-95 near Titusville, FL. Post crash examination of the engines revealed that both engines failed internally in the rear bank area. No exact determination of the origin of the failures could be made due to the amount of damage done during the failure sequence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25NA
- Reported as
- North American B-25-J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 44-86725
- Airframe hours
- 3,225
- Engine
- Wright 2600, 1,500 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Doan Helicopter Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Limited (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 23, 1987 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- 34J · New Smyrna Bch, FL
- Destination
- MYAW · Walkers Cay, OF
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 15,000 total · 24 in this make and model · 15,000 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TIX, 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.