# Accident 19930109000229A: Cessna 337H, New Smyrna Beac, FL, January 9, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 1993, 15:08 local time
- Place: New Smyrna Beac, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0258° N, 80.9270° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Smyrna Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0258&lon=-80.9270&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1443S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1443S-1993-05-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 337H (registry code 2075732, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-337h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 337H
- Reported engine: CONT IO360B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 240 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA93LA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA93LA047) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930109000229A

## Narrative

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

FLYING LOW OVER WATER OFFSHORE. MADE STEEP BANKS RIGHT AND LEFT. WING HIT WATER. AIRCRAFT DISINTRAGATED.

## 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 MIA93LA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA93LA047), Jan 9, 1993: Cessna 337H (N1443S), New Smyrna Bch, FL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE WHILE MANEUVERING IN A TURN AT A LOW ALTITUDE, RESULTING IN AN IN-FLIGHT COLLISION WITH THE OCEAN.

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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