- Date
- August 3, 1985, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hilton Head Is., SC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N67998Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850803036209A
- Case key
- 6842
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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.
Analysis
The commercial/cfi plt and a passenger were flying just off shore at about 700 ft when the engine quit. He could not clear trees along the shore and the beach was unusable due to fallen trees. The plt landed in the ocean and both occupants swam to shore. The acft was located but not recovered.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N67998
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15282130
- Airframe hours
- 2,174
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Charleston Executive Terminal
- Registered owner
- Charleston Executive Terminal
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 1, 1985 · 70 hours before
- Departed
- JZI · Charleston, SC
- Destination
- 49J · Hilton Head, SC
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
- 20
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 350 total · 141 in this make and model · 350 as pilot in command · 160 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CHS, 30 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.