ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 386091
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Date: | Friday 30 March 2001 |
Time: | 12:14 LT |
Type: | Piper PA-24 |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N7640P |
MSN: | 24-2852 |
Year of manufacture: | 1961 |
Total airframe hrs: | 4680 hours |
Engine model: | Lycoming O-360 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Cross City, FL -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Sarasota, FL |
Destination airport: | Gulf Shores-Edwards Airport, AL (GUF/KJKA) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:During cruise flight at 6,000 feet about two to three miles off shore, the pilot heard a loud bang followed by a violent shake of the airplane and a subsequent loss of engine power. The pilot glided the plane toward shore, then elected to ditch the airplane into the Gulf of Mexico. The airplane was recovered and the connecting rod and connecting rod bearing were sent via FedEx to the NTSB lab for examination on April 18, 2001. The NTSB lab never received the parts. Several attempts to track the parts through FedEx were unsuccessful.
Probable Cause: The fracture of the crankshaft assembly that resulted in a total loss of engine power.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | ATL01LA044 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 5 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB ATL01LA044
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
05-Apr-2024 11:06 |
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