Accident · 1989-07-16

NTSB case MIA89LA200 · PIPER PA-32-300 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1989-07-16
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Minor injury
Aircraft: PIPER PA-32-300 (N999MA)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: SMITH, VINCENT Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): SMITH, VINCENT

Probable cause

FAILURE OF THE LEFT EXHAUST STACK WHICH RESULTED IN AN ENGINE FIRE, LOSS OF ENGINE POWER, AND SUBSEQUENT DITCHING OF THE ACFT IN OCEAN WATERS.

Source: NTSB case MIA89LA200

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

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