# Accident 20030519017629A: Cessna 175A, Ocean City, NJ, May 19, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 2003, 12:10 local time
- Place: Ocean City, NJ
- Airport: Ocean City Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2636° N, 74.6075° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2636&lon=-74.6075&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6989E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6989E-2017-06-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 175A (registry code 2072504, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GO-300 series (registry code 17024, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-go-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175A
- Reported engine: CONT GO300C
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 100 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC03LA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC03LA109) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030519017629A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED: ON DOWNWIND LEG TO LANDING AT OCEAN CITY, NJ AIRPORT (26N), ENGINE STARTED TO RUN ROUGH, THEN STOPPED. EFFORTS TO RESTART FAILED. DITCHED AIRCRAFT IN WATER BEYOND SURF. EVALUATION OF ENGINE WAS INCONCLUSIVE. THIS INVESTIGATION CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## 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 NYC03LA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC03LA109), May 19, 2003: Cessna 175A (N6989E), Ocean City, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: A partial loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

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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