- Date
- February 12, 1976
- Place
- No.Pacific Ocean (Pacific Ocean) · NO.PACIFIC OCEAN, PO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N55798Piper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 152805
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0347 76/2/12 NO.PACIFIC OCEAN PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 3900 TIME - 2154 N55798 PX- 0 0 1 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 125 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HONOLULU,HI PAGO PAGO,SAMOA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- POSSIBLE MALFUNCTION OF VOR & ADF RCVRS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55798
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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