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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 337E · San Juan, Puerto Rico · May 8, 1987

Date
May 8, 1987 · 18:05 local
Place
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Airport
Isla Grande
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N1253M
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA87LA158
Reported as
Cessna 337E
Reported engine
Continental IO360C
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
312 total11 in this make and model6 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.

The pilot lost control effectiveness and the aircraft spun into the ocean. Aircraft not recovered. Cause unknown.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT LOST CONTROL EFFECTIVENESS AND THE AIRCRAFT SPUN INTO THE OCEAN. AIRCRAFT NOT RECOVERED. CAUSE UNKNOWN.

NTSB investigation

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