- Date
- June 19, 1982, 13:12 local (17:12 UTC)
- Place
- Near Stuart, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6359FCessna 337
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 19, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820619023289A
- Case key
- 71939
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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 made an uneventful flight from gainsville to sebring, FL where 3 passengers were deplaned. He then departed on a VFR flight to freeport on the grand bahama island. The pilot stated the he had proceeded about 30 miles east of the Florida coast when the rear engine began to malfunction. He turned back toward the coast, but the front engine also began to malfunction, so he elected to ditch the aircraft Near a boat. While ditching, he received serious back injuries. The pilot stated that he had drained about one quart of water from the fuel system prior to departing gainsville. He attributed the engine malfunctions to fuel contamination. However, this was not verified since the aircraft sank in ocean waters and was not recovered.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6359F
- Reported as
- Cessna 337
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 337-0359
- Airframe hours
- 1,650
- Engine
- Continental IO-360, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Thomas H. Tonnelier
- Registered owner
- Thomas H. Tonnelier
- Departed
- Sebring, FL
- Destination
- Freeport
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 250 total · 200 in this make and model · 60 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 194 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.