- Date
- December 19, 1978
- Place
- Pago Pago, Antarctica · PAGO PAGO, American Samoa
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N30581Cessna A188B
- Status
- Completed · report May 1, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781219045019A
- Case key
- 138047
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4277 78/12/19 PAG0 PAG0,SAMOA CESSNA A188B CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 1100 TIME - 0433 N30581 PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 45 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PAGO PAGO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PAG0 PAG0,SAMOA NORFOLK ISLAND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB 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- #1,3,&5 CYLINDERS WERE BURNT.FUEL FLOW WAS HIGHER THAN SPECIFIED LIMITS DURING BENCH CHECK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30581
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pago Pago
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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.