- Date
- January 6, 1979
- Place
- Gt Inagua, Burkina Faso · GT INAGUA, Bahamas
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5853FCessna 210G
- Status
- Completed · report March 27, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790106007929A
- Case key
- 137508
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0566 79/1/6 NR.GT INAGUA,BAHAMA CESSNA 210G CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 60, 4000 TIME - 1430 N5853F PX- 2 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAINT MAARTEN,U.K. GREAT INAGUA,BAHAMAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CRANKSHAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE 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
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5853F
- Reported as
- Cessna 210G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N5853FRegistration cancelled Aug 30, 2012 · Cessna 210GAirframe modelCessna 210GEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5853F · 1
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