- Date
- August 15, 1979
- Place
- Chatam, MA · CHATAM, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8478YPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report August 21, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790815044259A
- Case key
- 135583
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0378 79/8/15 NR.CHATAM,MA PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 923 TIME - 1230 N8478Y PX- 0 0 0 FISH SPOTTING TOTAL HOURS, 556 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OAK BLUFFS, MA LOCAL 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- AIRCRAFT WAS DITCHED IN ATLANTIC OCEAN,NOT RECOVERED.PIC REPORTED LOSS OF ENGINE POWER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8478Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N8478YRegistration cancelled Sep 11, 2009 · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.