ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 364465
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Date: | Friday 27 September 1991 |
Time: | 13:17 LT |
Type: | Cessna 172H |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N2983U |
MSN: | 17254995 |
Total airframe hrs: | 1500 hours |
Engine model: | CONTINENTAL O-300D |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Atlantic Ocean, AO -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Fort Pierce, FL (KFPR) |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:BEFORE THE ACCIDENT THE ACFT HAD NOT BEEN FLOWN FOR 4 MONTHS. THE FLT DEPARTED & PROCEEDED OFFSHORE DUE TO REPORTED CONGESTION OVER LAND. THE FLT WAS 14 MILES OFFSHORE WHEN THE ENG QUIT. THE PLT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART IT & DITCHED THE ACFT WHICH BECAME INVERTED AFTER TOUCHDOWN. THE PLT EXITED THE ACFT & WAS RESCUED BY A NEARBY BOAT. THE ACFT WAS NOT RECOVERED; THEREFORE, NO DETERMINATION COULD BE MADE AS TO THE REASON FOR THE REPORTED LOSS OF ENG POWER.
Probable Cause: TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DUE TO UNDETERMINED REASONS.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | MIA91LA225 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 6 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB MIA91LA225
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