# Accident 19831211060499A: Multec D16A, Everglades City, FL, December 11, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 11, 1983, 15:00 local time
- Place: Everglades City, FL
- Airport: Everglades City
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.8601° N, 81.3804° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Everglades City, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.8601&lon=-81.3804&mi=10
- Aircraft: N704T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N704T-1985-10-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Temco D-16A (registry code 9230604, https://openairdocs.org/model/temco-d-16a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MULTEC D16A
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 200 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA84FA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84FA043) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831211060499A

## Narrative

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

BOTH ENGINES QUIT ON TAKEOFF. HIT THE WATER IN A STEEP BANK. FUEL LINE FROM THE ONE MAIN TANK RUPTURED. TANK EMPTY.

## 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 MIA84FA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84FA043), Dec 11, 1983: Temco Raley D-16A (N704T), Everglades City, FL, 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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