19891207049219A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 172 · Mayaguana Islan, Bahamas · December 7, 1989

Date
December 7, 1989 · 13:48 local
Place
Mayaguana Islan, Bahamas
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N8785B
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA90LA037
Reported as
Cessna 172
Reported engine
Continental O300A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
3,500 total1,200 in this make and model60 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.

Lost oil pressure and engine seized. Ditched in atlantic ocean and sank. Passenger died on swim to an island.

As the FAA filed it

LOST OIL PRESSURE AND ENGINE SEIZED. DITCHED IN ATLANTIC OCEAN AND SANK. PASSENGER DIED ON SWIM TO AN ISLAND.

NTSB investigation

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