# Accident 19790602009889A: Cessna 182P, Vieques, Puerto Rico, June 2, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 2, 1979, 11:55 local time
- Place: Vieques, Puerto Rico
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.1481° N, 65.4443° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Vieques, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.1481&lon=-65.4443&mi=10
- Aircraft: N707AB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N707AB-1979-07-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 968 total, 967 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FKA06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FKA06) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790602009889A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ENGINE FAILED ENROUTE. PILOT DITCHED IN THE OCEAN. PILOT CLAIMED FUEL CONTAMINATION WAS CAUSE OF ACCIDENT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA79FKA06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FKA06), Jun 2, 1979: Cessna 182 (N707AB), Vieques, PR, destroyed

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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