ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 355077
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| Date: | Wednesday 29 October 1997 |
| Time: | 19:09 LT |
| Type: |  Lake LA-250 |
| Owner/operator: | Elissar Technologies Inc. |
| Registration: | N85HG |
| MSN: | 81 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1988 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1079 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming TIO-540-AA1AD |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Miami, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Ft Lauderdale, FL (FLL |
| Key West, FL (KEYW) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot stated that his engine was running rough and losing power. He made a forced landing in water about 3 miles south of the shoreline. The pilot said that after the airplane touched down in the water, he began water taxing towards land. He further said that because darkness was near, he step-taxied toward land to arrive sooner. Due to insufficient power and fading light, he discontinued the step taxi. At some point during the taxi, one wing began riding lower than the other until the wing was wet, and the taxi speed became slower. Eventually, he reached land, where he moored the airplane. The pilot noted that the left break away sponson-pontoon broke away, and the airplane also sustained damage from the dock. The pilot had the airplane towed to a maintenance facility were the engine was examined. No reason was found for the loss of engine power.
Probable Cause: loss of engine power for an undetermined reason(s), which resulted in a forced landing and subsequent encounter with rough water.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MIA98LA014
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 12-Mar-2024 07:42 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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