# Accident 19790814022429A: Cessna 337, Nassau, Bahamas, August 14, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 1979, 13:15 local time
- Place: Nassau, Bahamas
- Airport: Nassau
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N85947, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N85947-2023-06-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 337D (registry code 2075717, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-337d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 337
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 24,500 total, 40 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790814022429A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DITCHED AT SEA. PILOT CLAIMS EITHER CONTAMINATED FUEL OR FAILURE OF FUEL TO FEED. AIRCRAFT NOT RECOVERED.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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