- Date
- June 19, 1984, 22:47 local (Jun 20, 1984, 08:47 UTC)
- Place
- Barbers Point, HI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- DQFDNCessna 206
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 24317
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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(total) - nonmechanical
Comm/nav equipment,compass receiver - erraticFactor
Became lost/disoriented - inadvertentCause
Fluid,fuel - exhaustionCause
Forced landing
Ditching
Light condition - dark nightFactor
Terrain condition - water,roughFactor
Analysis
The plt stated he got off course during the flt because of a faulty adf. Radar contact was established and the acft was being escorted into honolulu when fuel exhaustion occurred. The acft was ditched aprx 10 miles southwest of Barbers Point nas and the plt was rescued by the coast guard.
Aircraft
- Registration
- DQFDN
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5660
- Airframe hours
- 485
- Engine
- Lycoming TSIO-520-M, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Pacific Energy & Minerals Ltd
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- NSTU · Pago Pago,Samoa, OF
- Destination
- HNL · Honolulu, HI
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- Barbers Pt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 12,131 total · 1,500 in this make and model · 10,163 as pilot in command · 315 in the last 90 days · 60 in the last 30 days · 22 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 45° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg