Accident Piper PA-28R-180 N4524J, Wednesday 27 August 1986

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Date:	Wednesday 27 August 1986
Time:	11:37 LT
Type:	Piper PA-28R-180
Owner/operator:	Gregory Cours, Paniello
Registration:	N4524J
MSN:	28R-30382
Year of manufacture:	1968
Total airframe hrs:	1940 hours
Engine model:	Lycoming IO-360-B1E
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Cedar Key, FL - United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Selma, AL (KSEM)
Destination airport:	Tampa, FL (KTPA)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
THE PLT STATED THAT HE LOST FUEL PRESSURE AND ALL ATTEMPTS TO RESTART THE ACFT WERE TO NO AVAIL. HE TRIED TO MAKE IT TO CEDAR KEY BUT WAS UNABLE AND DITCHED IN THE OCEAN WATERS 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF CEDAR KEY. POST CRASH EXAMINATION OF THE FUEL SYSTEM REVEALED SUFFICIENT FUEL. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY BLOCKAGE AND NO DISCREPANCIES WERE FOUND DURING A BENCH TEST OF THE FUEL INJECTION SERVO. DETERMINATION COULD NOT BE MADE AS TO THE NATURE OF THE MALFUNCTION OF THE FUEL SYSTEM AS DESCRIBED BY THE PILOT.

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