- Date
- October 1, 1982, 19:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Near Great Inag, Bahamas
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N300RFBeech B24R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report October 1, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821001051569A
- Case key
- 71868
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Analysis
The pilot reported that the engine lost power on a flight from montego bay, jamaica to Great inagua, Bahamas. He ditched in the atlantic ocean and was seriously injured. The aircraft sank in the water and was not recovered.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N300RF
- Reported as
- Beech B24R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MC-162
- Airframe hours
- 2,370
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mr. & Mrs. James D. Moody
- Registered owner
- Mr. & Mrs. James D. Moody
- Departed
- MKJS · Montego Bay
- Destination
- MYIG · Great Inagua
- 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
- 34
- Certificates
- Private, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,292 total · 24 in this make and model · 1,100 as pilot in command · 67 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 120° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 176 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.