- Date
- December 17, 1982, 18:07 local (22:07 UTC)
- Place
- Near Ramey, PR
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4481LCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report December 17, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821217064589A
- Case key
- 71918
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Fluid,fuel - exhaustionCause
Became lost/disoriented - inadvertentCause
Lack of total experience in type operationCause
Ditching
Analysis
During cross-country VFR day flight pilot became lost and was receiving radio help in orientation when fuel was exhausted and aircraft ditched about 68 nmi north of Ramey, PR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4481L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17254576
- Airframe hours
- 5,806
- Engine
- Continental O-300D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Heriberto Maldonado
- Registered owner
- Carlos E. Reyes
- Departed
- MDSD · Santo Domingo
- Destination
- JIG · San Juan, PR
- Flight plan
- VFR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 22
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 96 total · 20 in this make and model · 54 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 40° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 171 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JNC, 68 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.