- Date
- April 17, 1983, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Cedar Key, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8225DBeech H35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 30877
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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
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Forced landing
Ditching
Analysis
The plt stated that he switched fuel tanks just before the takeoff roll, & shortly after takeoff, the eng lost power. He retracted the gear before making a forced landing in water, beyond the end of the rwy. An exam of the eng revealed no evidence to suggest any failure or malfunction prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8225D
- Reported as
- Beech H35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5314
- Airframe hours
- 4,200
- Engine
- Continental O-470-G, 240 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ray Cox
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 1, 1982 · 50 hours before
- Destination
- SRQ · Sarasota, FL
- Airport
- CDK, runway 23, 2,400 × ft, concrete
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 935 total · 850 in this make and model · 825 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 225° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GNV, 52 nm away