- Date
- January 26, 1987, 12:31 local (17:31 UTC)
- Place
- Savannah, GA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N10MMCessna 337D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870126000969A
- Case key
- 7374
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Analysis
The pilot was flying a donated aircraft in support of a program to document the activities of wright whales off the coast of the carolina's and Georgia. The plt had been with the owner on a previous flt, when problems developed while switching to/and/or from the aux fuel tanks to the main fuel tanks. There was no documented repair or trouble shooting conducted before the accident flight. On this flight the pilot took off with fuel in the aux tanks and switched to the aux tanks while about 20 miles off shore and flew several legs of the search pattern. The eng quit. He started toward the shore and then switched the front eng to the main fuel tank, it quit also. The acft was ditched in the ocean and sank about two minutes after impact. It was not recovered.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10MM
- Reported as
- Cessna 337D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3370986
- Airframe hours
- 573
- Engine
- Continental IO-360, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial observation · Part 91
- Operator
- P. D. Tedrick
- Registered owner
- Phillip D Tedrick
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 8, 1986 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- 55J · Fernandina Bch, FL
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
- 58
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,979 total · 18 in this make and model · 3,464 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,900 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SAV, 18 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.