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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 182P · Grand Bahama, Bahamas · March 15, 1982

Date
March 15, 1982 · 12:35 local
Place
Grand Bahama, Bahamas
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N5781J
Reported as
Cessna 182P
Reported engine
Continental O470*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
1,566 total32 in this make and model54 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Engine quit over water. Ditched, airplane sank. Fatality occurred when passenger panicked, jumped prior ditching.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT OVER WATER. DITCHED, AIRPLANE SANK. FATALITY OCCURRED WHEN PASSENGER PANICKED, JUMPED PRIOR DITCHING.