# Incident 19960105000259I: Cessna 320D, Pompano Beach, FL, January 5, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 5, 1996, 13:17 local time
- Place: Pompano Beach, FL
- Airport: Pompano Beach Airpark Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.2474° N, 80.1111° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at POMPANO BEACH AIRPARK (PMP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.2474&lon=-80.1111&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4183T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4183T-1997-05-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 320D (registry code 2074512, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320D
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 50 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960105000259I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT DEPARTED LANTANA AIRPORT ENROUTE POMPANO BEACH, WHILE AT 500' OVER OCEAN, RIGHT ENGINE WENT TO RED LINE (RPM) PILOT ADDED POWER TO LEFT ENGINE PULLED BACK POWER TO RIGHT ENGINE TO KEEP RPM BELOW RED LINE. HE DETERMINED THAT HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO CLEAR BUILDINGS WITH POWER FROM LEFT ENGINE ONLY. HE THEN DECIDED TO DITCH. HE PICKED A SPOT NEAR A BOAT AND DITCHED THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS PICKED UP BY THE BOAT. THE AIRCRAFT SANK IN APRX. 70 FEET OF WATER 3/4 MILE OFF SHORE. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS RECOVERED. NO DETERMINATION COULD BE MADE AS TO THE NATURE OF THE ENGINE PROBLEM AS DESCRIBED BY THE PILOT.

## Other reports on N4183T (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19780828039539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780828039539I), Aug 28, 1978: Cessna 320D (N4183T), Waukegan, IL, Substantial damage. Wrinkled skin on wing found during ground check. Cause, circumstances and identity of pilot undetermined.

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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