- Date
- January 2, 1983, 17:20 local (Jan 3, 1983, 01:20 UTC)
- Place
- Monterey, CA
- Injuries
- 4 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1947ECessna 340A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830102000139A
- Case key
- 23413
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft began to lose power at about 400 ft AGL after takeoff and the pilot elected to land along the shoreline in the ocean. The acft ditched about 100 yards off shore. All 4 occupants were able to exit thru the airstair door and receivedonly minor injuries. The acft sank after about 5 minutes. It was not recovered from the 27 ft deep water. Two occupants swam ashore and 2 were rescued by the coast guard. The line attendant who serviced the acft mistook it for a king air. The pilot requested that all 4 tanks be topped off. The line attendant added 110 gallons of jet a fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1947E
- Reported as
- Cessna 340A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 340A0677
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-N, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- L. F. Anderson, doing business as Radar Devices, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Sanitary Rental Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- OAK · Oakland, 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
- 44
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,200 total · 41 in this make and model · 3,000 as pilot in command · 44 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 120° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MRY, 2 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.