- Date
- April 5, 1987, 15:01 local (19:01 UTC)
- Place
- Ft.Lauderdale, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9663HPiper PA-18-125
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870405008529I
- Case key
- 31890
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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 reported that while towing a banner aprx 200-300 yards offshore at an alt of aprx 500 ft the eng sputtered, then quit. Attempts to restart it were unsuccessful. The banner was then released & the acft was ditched in the ocean. Post crash examination of the engine & corresponding systems revealed no evidence of pre-crash mechanical failure or malfunction. No determination could be made as to the reason for the eng failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9663H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-125
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-552
- Airframe hours
- 8,236
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Aerial Sign Co. Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 26, 1986
- Departed
- HWO · 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 7,506 total · 1,500 in this make and model · 6,850 as pilot in command · 494 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MIA, 25 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.