- Date
- March 12, 1986, 15:50 local (Mar 13, 1986, 01:50 UTC)
- Place
- Hanakuli, HI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8467MCessna A150K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860312083789A
- Case key
- 25091
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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 acft was ditched in pacific ocean after the eng quit. Recovered inboard portion of left wing showed gas tank cap missing. The ditching occurred 1 mile from shore and the occupants were picked up unharmed after 20 minutes in the water. The plt said the eng made a sound 'like a rush of air, a slight cough and then silence.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8467M
- Reported as
- Cessna A150K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- A15000167
- Airframe hours
- 2,211
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Barbers Point Nas Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Glennair, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 10, 1985 · 58 hours before
- Departed
- NAX · Barbers Point, HI
- Airport
- Nas Barbers P1
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
- 24
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 121 total · 38 in this make and model · 90 as pilot in command · 121 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 17 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- NAX, 8 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.