- Date
- February 22, 1982, 00:00 local (05:00 UTC)
- Place
- Florida City, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Other
- Aircraft
- N7335ECessna 210A
- Weather
- Not reported
- Status
- Completed · report February 22, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820222002929A
- Case key
- 70689
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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 aircraft was found inverted in 5 feet of water. Only one seat was installed and an auxiliary fuel pump was inside the aircraft. It appeared that the aircraft landed on the adjacent canal bank and then purposely run into the water. Police suspect a drug delivery. Injury index is presumed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7335E
- Reported as
- Cessna 210A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 57035
- Engine
- Continental IO-470E, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- James E. Bibbs & Joe Flowers
- Registered owner
- James E. Bibbs & Joe Flowers
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
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Not reported
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N7335E · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.