# Accident 20100814048319A: Cessna 172N, Key West, FL, August 14, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 2010, 21:39 local time
- Place: Key West, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: FBVA
- Location: 25.1553° N, 81.8014° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.1553&lon=-81.8014&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44WH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N44WH-2014-12-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10LA426](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA426) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100814048319A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 14, 2010 AT 2139, N44WH A CESSNA 172N REGISTERED TO GULF ATLANTIC AIRWAYS OPERATING 14 CFR PART 91 IMPACTED THE WATER APPROXIMATELY 34 MILES NORTH OF KEY WEST AIRPORT (EYW), KEY WEST FLORIDA.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN BY A COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT ENROUTE FROM BARTOW MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, BARTOW FLORIDA (BOW) TO EYW.  THE PILOT STATED THAT THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN ABRUPTLY AND ALL ATTEMPTS TO RESTART WERE UNSUCCESSFUL.  THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND TOLD THEM HIS POSITION.  THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE WATER AND THE PILOT EGRESSED SUCCESSFULLY.

## 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 ERA10LA426](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA426), Aug 15, 2010: Cessna 172N (N44WH), substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

## Other reports on N44WH (1)

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

- [Incident 19870118011039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870118011039I), Jan 18, 1987: Cessna 172N (N44WH), Gainesville, FL, Minor damage. Departed side of runway on rollout. Struck windsock while returning to runway.

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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