ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 379865
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| Date: | Monday 19 March 1984 |
| Time: | 02:23 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 177B |
| Owner/operator: | Robert Dean Stokes |
| Registration: | N20433 |
| MSN: | 177 02672 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Pahokee, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Big Cypress, FL (KPRI) |
| Pahokee, FL | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
AT 0052, SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTING BIG CYPRESS, FL, THE PLT CALLED WEST PALM BEACH TOWER & REQUESTED ADVISORIES TO PAHOKEE ARPT. THE CONTROLLER REQUESTED THE FLT'S POSITION, BUT THE PLT WAS NOT SURE OF HIS LOCATION. THE TOWER CONTROLLER CONTACTED MIAMI ARTC FOR ASSISTANCE & THE ACFT WAS LOCATED 35 MI NORTHWEST OF MIAMI, FL. VECTORS WERE PROVIDED TO PAHOKEE, FL. HOWEVER, AT 0123, WHEN THE ACFT WAS ON AN APCH TO THE PAHOKEE ARPT, THE PLT ADVISED THAT HE WAS 'OUT OF FUEL' & WAS DITCHING. THE ACFT WAS DITCHED IN THE OKEECHOBEE LAKE.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MIA84LA117
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 01-Apr-2024 10:18 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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