# NTSB MIA83LA051: Cessna 172, N4481L, Near Ramey, PR, December 17, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 17, 1982, 18:07 local (22:07 UTC)
- Place: Near Ramey, PR
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 17, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71918
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA83LA051
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71918/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83LA051

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise - normal
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - became lost/disoriented - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type operation, pilot in command (cause)
- Ditching, landing - flare/touchdown

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17254576
- Airframe hours: 5806
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 22; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19821217064589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821217064589A), Dec 17, 1982: Cessna 172G, Ramey, Puerto Rico, Destroyed. Became lost on overwater training flight. Ran out of fuel , ditched in ocean.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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