- Date
- July 18, 1988, 13:44 local (17:44 UTC)
- Place
- St. Petersburg, FL
- Injuries
- 7 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N11RJPiper PA-34-200T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880718069849A
- Case key
- 32215
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Analysis
The 27 yr old plt purchased the acft about 2 weeks before the accident & had received his multi-eng rating about 3 weeks before. His total multi eng time was about 35 hrs. Nearing his destination, 1 eng quit. A few moments later, the other quit & the plt ditched the acft in tampa bay. The plt stated that he had about 110 to 115 gals of fuel when he left the tampa area for a flt to the Bahamas islands. He did not purchase any other fuel during the round trip & he did some maneuvering to avoid enroute wx. After the acft was raised from the water, only residual fuel was found in the fuel system.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11RJ
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-200T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34-7970002
- Airframe hours
- 1,670
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360EB, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Konga, Wayne K.
- Registered owner
- Wayne Konga
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 1, 1987 · 70 hours before
- Departed
- PBI · West Palm Beach, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
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Flight crew
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- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 27
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,690 total · 20 in this make and model · 1,510 as pilot in command · 239 in the last 90 days · 64 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 10° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SPG, 2 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.
Other investigations on N11RJ · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.