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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna R182 · Palm Beach, FL · March 30, 1983

Date
March 30, 1983 · 20:00 local
Place
Palm Beach, FL
Airport
West Palm Beach
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N55AG
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA83LA108
Reported as
Cessna R182
Reported engine
Lycoming O540J3C5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
300 total100 in this make and model15 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.

Electric fire and failure enroute. Then engine quit. Ditched at sea. Aircraft sank. Not recovered.

As the FAA filed it

ELECTRIC FIRE AND FAILURE ENROUTE. THEN ENGINE QUIT. DITCHED AT SEA. AIRCRAFT SANK. NOT RECOVERED.

NTSB investigation

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