Piper PA-28-180 N9625J

Summary

On 22 June 1986 at about 18:30 local time, a Piper PA-28-180 registered N9625J, operated by Waldo L.conrad, was involved in an accident near Punta Gorda, Florida, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

22 June 1986 at 18:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Punta Gorda, Florida, United States

Coordinates

26.8903, -82.0495

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-180

Registration

N9625J

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Waldo L.conrad

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA86LA189

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PLT STATED THAT AFTER A 20 MINUTE FLIGHT ON A LONG FINAL APPROACH THE ENGINE SPUTTERED & QUIT. A FORCED LANDING WAS MADE IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA AND THE ACFT WENT THROUGH A DITCH SEVERING THE LANDING GEAR. POST CRASH EXAMINATION OF THE CARBURETOR REVEALED THAT A PIECE OF PLASTIC HAD BECOME TRAPPED BETWEEN THE NEEDLE & SEAT ASSY IN THE CARBURETOR, CUTTING OFF THE FLOW OF FUEL TO THE CYLINDERS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.