- Date
- January 4, 1970
- Place
- Cape May, NJ · CAPE MAY, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8485PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report July 21, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 143054
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0439 70/1/4 NR.CAPE MAY,NJ PIPER PA-24 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, UNK/NR TIME - 2110 N8485P PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NORFOLK,VA BURLINGTON,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- PLT DECLARED EMERG,STATED FUEL SELECTOR WAS STUCK.DITCHED IN DELAWARE BAY.ACFT,PAX BODY NOT RECOVD
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8485P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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