ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 363061
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Date: | Saturday 22 August 1992 |
Time: | 16:30 LT |
Type: | Piper PA-32-260 |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N3985W |
MSN: | 32-956 |
Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
Engine model: | LYCOMING O-540-E4B5 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Newburyport, MA -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
Departure airport: | Hampton, NH (7B3) |
Destination airport: | Beverly, MA (BV4) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE PILOT WAS CRUISING 200 FEET OFFSHORE AT ABOUT 75 FEET ABOVE THE OCEAN, WHEN THE ENGINE LOST POWER. THE PILOT SAID HE UNSUCCESSFULLY TRIED TO RESTART THE ENGINE SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE DITCHING IN THE OCEAN. THE AIRPLANE SANK IN ABOUT 45 FEET OF WATER. THE AIRPLANE HAD NOT FLOWN IN OVER 2 YEARS, AND THE PILOT HAD NOT HAD THE AIRPLANE INSPECTED PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. THE LAST ANNUAL INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED ABOUT 5 YEARS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. THE FAA EXAMIONATION OF THE ENGINE DID NOT DISLCLOSE EVIDENCE OF MECHANCIAL MALFUNCTION.
Probable Cause: THE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | NYC92LA173 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB NYC92LA173
Revision history:
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