- Date
- January 2, 1988, 14:35 local (19:35 UTC)
- Place
- Merritt Island, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8429HBellanca 14-13
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880102033569A
- Case key
- 32121
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Analysis
The private pilot experienced a power loss after takeoff. He then collided with water after hitting a mast of a boat and a dock. The plt stated that he experienced carburetor ice prior to the eng quitting. The plt stated that on an earlier flt he had problems with carb ice on the downwind leg of the traffic pattern. This flt was for a test of the lndg gear. He stated that another acft on a x-country had used carb heat for the entire trip. He stated in his recommendation for prevention to use carb heat for takeoff in similar temp/dp conditions.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8429H
- Reported as
- Bellanca 14-13
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1062
- Airframe hours
- 3,825
- Engine
- Franklin 6A5-165-B3, 140 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William H. Brown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- COI · Merritt Island, FL
- Destination
- MLB · Melborune, 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
- 63
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,500 total · 800 in this make and model · 800 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MCO, 31 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.