- Date
- January 24, 1981
- Place
- Normandy Beach, NJ · NORMANDY BEACH, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9666SChampion 7GCBC
- Status
- Completed · report April 14, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810124001519A
- Case key
- 126780
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0302 81/1/24 NORMANDY BEACH,NJ CHAMPION 7GCBC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 59, 678 TIME - 1430 N9666S PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 580 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LITTLE FERRY,NJ BEACH HAVEN,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN 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- PLT STATED ENG BCM ROUGH,RPM IRREGULAR,FLOAT EQUIPPED ACFT SETTLED IN OCEAN SURF & FLIPPED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9666S
- Reported as
- Champion 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.