# Accident 19821217064589A: Cessna 172G, Ramey, Puerto Rico, December 17, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 17, 1982, 18:07 local time
- Place: Ramey, Puerto Rico
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N4481L (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172G
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 96 total, 20 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA83LA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83LA051) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821217064589A

## Narrative

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

BECAME LOST ON OVERWATER TRAINING FLIGHT. RAN OUT OF FUEL , DITCHED IN OCEAN.

## 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 MIA83LA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83LA051), Dec 17, 1982: Cessna 172 (N4481L), Near Ramey, 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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