- Date
- June 28, 1978
- Place
- Point Pleasant, NJ · POINT PLEASANT, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6315NChampion 7KCAB
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780628042729A
- Case key
- 140514
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4468 78/6/28 POINT PLEASANT,NJ CHAMPION 7KCAB CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1530 N6315N PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL ADVERTISING AGE 35, 3840 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 100 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLTS NECK,NJ BELMAR,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: OTHER 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- BANNER TOWING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6315N
- Reported as
- Champion 7KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6315NRegistration cancelled Apr 29, 2013 · Champion 7KCABAirframe modelChampion 7KCABEngine modelLycoming IO-320 series
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Other investigations on N6315N · 1
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