- Date
- September 2, 1988, 20:14 local (Sep 3, 1988, 06:14 UTC)
- Place
- Kauai, HI
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N51886Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 25870
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
Fluid,fuel - exhaustionCause
Preflight planning/preparation - improperCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The pilot departed for honolulu, HI after flying for 3 hours, 45 minutes without refueling. The flight to honolulu takes 1 hour. The airplane has a full fuel endurance of four hours. It disappeared from navy radar 25 miles southeast of Kauai. Acft wreckage not located; damage index presumed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51886
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17274373
- Airframe hours
- 1,197
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Eveland Aero Service
- Registered owner
- William N Ichinose
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 2, 1988 · 84 hours before
- Departed
- PAK · Port Allen, HI
- Destination
- HNL · Honolulu, HI
- Flight plan
- VFR
N51886Registration cancelled Nov 13, 2014 · Cessna 172PAirframe modelCessna 172PEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 284 total · 170 in this make and model · 9 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 80° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HNL