- Date
- December 31, 1977
- Place
- Ke-Ahole, HI · KE-AHOLE, HI
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N56357Piper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771231040579A
- Case key
- 143850
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4057 77/12/31 NR.KE-AHOLE,HI PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1900 N56357 PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 49, 19506 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KE-AHOLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HONOLULU,HI KE-AHOLE,HI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING 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- AIRCRAFT DEVELOPED SEVERE VIBRATION.WRECKAGE NOT RECOVERED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N56357
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Ke-Ahole
N56357Registration cancelled Aug 27, 2012 · Piper PA-28R-200Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-200Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N56357 · 1
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