# Accident 19840524041069A: Cessna 182A, San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 24, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 1984, 11:16 local time
- Place: San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Airport: Isla Grande
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.4663° N, 66.1057° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Juan, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4663&lon=-66.1057&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3838D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3838D-2014-10-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182A (registry code 2072704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- Reported engine: CONT O470L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 20 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA84LA171](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84LA171) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840524041069A

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED ENGINE QUIT ON BASE LEG. HAD TO DITCH OFFSHORE IN OCEAN. AIRCRAFT NOT RECOVERED.

## 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 MIA84LA171](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84LA171), May 25, 1984: Cessna 182 (N3838D), San Juan, 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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