- Date
- December 30, 1975
- Place
- Miami, FL · MIAMI, FL
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3204YCessna 182E
- Status
- Completed · report March 3, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751230042069A
- Case key
- 152203
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3951 75/12/30 NR.MIAMI,FL CESSNA 182E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 690 TIME - 1415 N3204Y PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 543 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP GRAND TURK ISL,WI FORT LAUDERDALE,FL ST THOMAS,VI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- ACFT DITCHED IN ATLANTIC OCEAN OFF MIAMI,FL-NOT RCVRD.PLT RPTD SMELLED GAS,LOST MAN PRES AND PWR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3204Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 182E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N3204Y · 1
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