# Accident 19891207049219A: Cessna 172, Mayaguana Islan, Bahamas, December 7, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 7, 1989, 13:48 local time
- Place: Mayaguana Islan, Bahamas
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N8785B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8785B-2013-05-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Reported engine: CONT O300A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA90LA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA90LA037) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891207049219A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 MIA90LA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA90LA037), Dec 7, 1989: Cessna 172 (N8785B), Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean), destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE ENGINE SEIZED FROM OIL STARVATION (LACK OF OIL OR OIL PRESSURE), WHICH RESULTED IN THE AIRCRAFT BEING DITCHED AT SEA.

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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