19830102000139A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 340A · Monterey, CA · January 2, 1983

Date
January 2, 1983 · 17:20 local
Place
Monterey, CA
Airport
Peninsula
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N1947E
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX83FA064
Reported as
Cessna 340A
Reported engine
Continental TSIO520N
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,200 total41 in this make and model44 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.

Both engines on climbout ditched in ocean. Aircraft sank. Had been fueled with jet a fuel. Pilot failed to check.

As the FAA filed it

BOTH ENGINES ON CLIMBOUT DITCHED IN OCEAN. AIRCRAFT SANK. HAD BEEN FUELED WITH JET A FUEL. PILOT FAILED TO CHECK.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.