ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 358532
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| Date: | Friday 4 August 1995 |
| Time: | 18:00 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-12 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N3688M |
| MSN: | 12-2634 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1946 |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING O-320 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Ketchikan, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Cordova Bay, AK |
| Ward Cove, AK | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PILOT STATED HE WAS IN CRUISE FLIGHT WHEN THE ENGINE STOPPED PRODUCING POWER. HE MADE A FORCED LANDING AND LANDED HARD IN ROUGH WATER. THE LANDING DAMAGED THE FLOATS AND BROKE A LOWER LONGERON. THE AIRPLANE SANK AFTER DRIFTING FOR 30 MINUTES. THE PILOT STATED THAT PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT FLIGHT, THE AIRPLANE SAT ON THE GROUND FOR A LONG TIME IN NEED OF MAINTENANCE. DURING THE PREFLIGHT HE FOUND WATER IN THE FUEL SYSTEM. WHEN HE DRAINED THE GASCOLATOR HE THOUGHT THE FLUID WAS ALL FUEL BECAUSE IT WAS THE SAME COLOR. EXAMINATION OF THE FUEL SYSTEM, AFTER THE AIRPLANE WAS RECOVERED, SHOWED WATER IN THE GASCOLATOR AND THE CARBURETOR FUEL BOWL.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND THE WATER IN THE AIRPLANE'S FUEL SYSTEM. A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT WAS THE ROUGH WATER IN THE FORCED LANDING AREA.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC95LA130
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 14-Mar-2024 15:26 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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