- Date
- April 5, 1974
- Place
- Montego B, Jamaica · MONTEGO B, Jamaica
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5559JPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report July 1, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740405006239A
- Case key
- 173439
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0015 74/4/5 MONTEGO B,JAMAICA PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 22, 510 TIME - 1930 N5559J PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 9 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - GRANGE HILL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MARATHON,FLA MONTEGO BAY,JAMAICA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT REMARKS- ENG RUNNING ROUGH.RAN OFF END OF WET RWY.INVESTIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION JAMAICAN GOVT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5559J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Grange Hill
N5559JRegistration cancelled Aug 23, 2012 · Piper PA-32-260Airframe modelPiper PA-32-260Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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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.