# NTSB MIA83LA060: Cessna 336, N1737Z, Key Largo, FL, January 16, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 15, 1983, 22:15 local (Jan 16, 1983, 03:15 UTC)
- Place: Key Largo, FL
- Coordinates: 25.080968, -80.43975 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.0810&lon=-80.4398&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30839
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA83LA060
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30839/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83LA060

## 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 (contributing factor)
  - in-flight planning/decision - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - became lost/disoriented - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- Ditching, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - water,rough (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT DITCHED IN SHALLOW WATER 1/2 MI SOUTH OF KEY LARGO, FL WHILE ON A FLIGHT FROM ZEPHYRHILLS, FL TO MARATHON FL. ON 1/13 A FLT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE ACFT FOR A FLT FROM KINGSTON JAMAICA TO TAMPA FL. IT DEPARTED KINSTON AT 0810 WITH ETA TAMPA AT 1610. THE ACFT WAS REPORTED OVERDUE. ON 1/15 THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED ENTERING THE ADIZ ABOUT 90 MILES SOUTH OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. AT ABOUT 2205 WHILE NEAR KEY LARGO THE FLT CALLED MIAMI APPROACH CONTROL TO REQUEST RADAR FLT FOLLOWING TO OPA LOCKA. ABOUT 5 MIN. LATER THE PILOT REQUESTED VECTORS TO THE NEAREST ARPT DUE TO FUEL PROBLEMS. ATC REPORTED PORT LARGO WAS CLOSEST BUT NOT EQUIPPED FOR NIGHT OPERATION. MOMENTS LATER THE PILOT REPORTED AT 4500 FEET AGL AND OUT OF FUEL. SEVERAL EMPTY PLASTIC CONTAINERS WERE FOUND INSIDE THE ACFT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1737Z](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1737Z-2013-04-08), registration cancelled 2013-04-08, S/N 336-0037, built 1963 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 336
- Registry model: [Cessna 336](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-336) (registry code 2075602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (registry code 17025, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 336-0037
- Airframe hours: 2230
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-360 210 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Manuel Collera
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, November 9, 1982
- Departed: MKJK, KINGSTON
- Destination: TPA, TAMPA, FL
- Flight plan: VFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 153 total, 51 in this make and model, 118 as pilot in command, 65 in the last 90 days, 34 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830115002119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830115002119A), Jan 15, 1983: Cessna 336, Key Largo, FL, Substantial damage. Crash occurred during ditching after engine quit from fuel exhaustion.

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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