- Date
- March 3, 1984, 15:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Pascagoula, MS
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8662UCessna C-172F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840303009219A
- Case key
- 6559
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of engine power
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Ditching
Terrain condition - water,glassyFactor
Analysis
The plt ditched the acft after a complete loss of power. The acft fuel system was damaged during the recovery process and a complete evaluation could not be made.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8662U
- Reported as
- Cessna C-172F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17252565
- Airframe hours
- 1,203
- Engine
- Continental O-300D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kenneth E. Walker Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1984 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- GPT · Gulfport, MS
N8662URegistration cancelled Mar 7, 2013 · Cessna 172FAirframe modelCessna 172FEngine modelContinental 0-300 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 29 total · 29 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 7 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.