- Date
- August 18, 1985, 09:24 local (13:24 UTC)
- Place
- Provincetown, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N15805Piper PA-32-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850818039129A
- Case key
- 35950
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Plt experience eng pwr loss during tke climb at a height of about 350 ft. the plt headed toward a beach and ditched about 50 yards offshore in order to avoid crowd. The acft submerged underwater afterwards. Examination of the acft disclosed leadlike appearance contaminats of the fuel injector main metering jet, no compression in the no 1 eng cyl, and non sparking of the rt magneto. It was no impact condition.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15805
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15805
- Airframe hours
- 2,047
- Engine
- Lycoming TI0-540, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Roy Armand
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 1, 1984
- Destination
- FLR · Falls River, MA
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 816 total · 40 in this make and model · 53 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N15805 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.