# Accident 19811010089769A: Cessna 182C, Grand Turk, Bahamas, October 10, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 1981, 21:00 local time
- Place: Grand Turk, Bahamas
- Airport: Air Force Auxilla
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N8542T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8542T-2013-07-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182C (registry code 2072708, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811010089769A

## Narrative

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

LOW ON FUEL, DARK NIGHT, CRASHED IN OCEAN OFF END OF RUNWAY. CONTROL LOSS FROM DISORIENTATION OR PILOT'S HEALTH.

## 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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