- Date
- July 19, 1979
- Place
- Martha'S Vnyrd, MA (Atlantic Ocean) · MARTHA'S VNYRD,MA, AO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N811HPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790719037149A
- Case key
- 133759
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3165 79/7/19 NR.MARTHA'S VNYRD,MA PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 2086 TIME - 1315 N811H PX- 0 0 0 FISH SPOTTING TOTAL HOURS, 1900 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OAK BLUFFS,MA RETURN 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 PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- ACFT SANK,NOT RCVRD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N811H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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