- Date
- October 11, 1987, 23:43 local (Oct 12, 1987, 08:43 UTC)
- Place
- Guam (Pacific Ocean)
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N11939Cessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871012066149A
- Case key
- 25885
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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 pilot experienced a loss of engine power at 1500 feet MSL while on a flight in the marianas islands from saipan to Guam. The aircraft was ditched in ocean waters about 2 miles north of Guam and was not recovered. The occupants were rescued by a U.S. Navy helicopter about 50 minutes after the ditching.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11939
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15075761
- Airframe hours
- 5,079
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Aviation Services
- Registered owner
- Aviaton Service Ltd.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 3, 1987 · 33 hours before
- Departed
- Saipan, PO
- Destination
- GUM · Agana, PO
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
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,000 total · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 24,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PGUA
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.