# Accident 19980810028669A: Cessna A188B, Ft Lauderdale, FL, August 10, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 1998, 14:10 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Atlantic Ocean
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1223° N, 80.1434° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Lauderdale, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1223&lon=-80.1434&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6300G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6300G-2014-10-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A188B (registry code 2073005, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188B
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,300 total, 550 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA98LA220](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA220) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980810028669A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 10, 1998, ABOUT 1410 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 188, N6300G, REGISTERED TO AIRCRAFT PARTS AND AVIONICS, DITCHED INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN, 26 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FT. LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, WHILE ON A TITLE 14, CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRPLANE SANK INTO THE OCEAN, AND THE COMMERCIAL-RATED PILOT REPORTED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT HAS ORIGINATED FROM FT. LAUDERDALE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT, FLORIDA, AT APPROXIMATELY 1340 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME. AFTER MINUTES OF FLYING, THE PILOT NOTICED THE OIL PRESSURE WAS ZERO. THE PILOT REPORTED THE PROBLEM TO MIAMI RADIO AND ADVISED THEM HE WAS RETURNING TO THE AIRPORT. ABOUT FIVE MINUTES LATER WITH REDUCED P0WER, THE ENGINE STOPPED. THE PILOT ADVISED MIAMI RADIO OF HIS INTENTION TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON THE WATER CLOSE TO A LARGE SHIP. AFTER LANDING, THE PLANE FLOATED FOR APPROXIMATELY THIRTY MINUTES AND THEN SANK. THE PILOT REPORTED BEING IN THE WATER FOR FIFTEEN MINUTES BEFORE BEING RESCUED BY THE US COAST GUARD. THE AIRPLANE WAS NOT RECOVERED.                                                                                                                (-23) PILOT EXPERIENCED OIL PRESSURE LOSS AND SUBSEQUENT ENGINE FAILURE. AIRCRAFT WAS DITCHED 28 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FT. LAUDERDALE, FL IN ATLANTIC OCEAN.

## 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 MIA98LA220](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA220), Aug 10, 1998: Cessna 188 (N6300G), Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean), destroyed. Probable cause: A complete loss of engine power due to loss of oil pressure, resulting in a force landing on non suitable terrain, and the subsequent sinking of the airplane in deep water.

## Other reports on N6300G (1)

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

- [Incident 19780212006439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780212006439I), Feb 12, 1978: Cessna 188B (N6300G), Goldendale, WA, Minor damage. Pilot unable to become airborne due to frost on the wings and falure to use full power.

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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