- Date
- November 17, 1987, 12:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Honolulu, HI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2973VCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871117066389A
- Case key
- 25909
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
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Forced landing
Ditching
Terrain condition - waterFactor
Analysis
The pilot stated that the engine lost power while he was flying low over the ocean on a fish spotting flight. Subsequently, he ditched the aircraft in the ocean & it was not retrieved.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2973V
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15076338
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Bryant, Sarah A.
- Registered owner
- Bryant, Sarah A
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- HNL · Honolulu, HI
N2973VRegistration cancelled Oct 25, 2013 · Cessna 150MAirframe modelCessna 150MEngine modelContinental 0-200 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 5,200 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HNL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.