- Date
- April 20, 1982, 00:00 local (08:00 UTC)
- Place
- 9 Sw Santa Barb, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5847GCessna 150K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report April 20, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820420011869A
- Case key
- 69672
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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 engine lost power while the pilot was spotting fish at night. He was unable to restart the engine or glide back to the shore. The plane was ditched about 3 1/2 miles from the shore and was not recovered.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5847G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 71347
- Airframe hours
- 8,000
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Andrew Witmer
- Registered owner
- Andrew Witmer
- Departed
- SBA · Santa Barbara, CA
- Destination
- SBA · Santa Barbara, CA
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
- 66
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 10,000 total · 3,000 in this make and model · 9,500 as pilot in command · 135 in the last 90 days · 85 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 124 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.