- Date
- June 18, 1983, 08:06 local (12:06 UTC)
- Place
- Miami Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3364VBeech BE-35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830618025699A
- Case key
- 30900
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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.
Analysis
The pilot stated that while cruising with another aircraft at an unknown altitude the oil pressure began to decrease. Shortly after this, the engine failed. The oil temp, cylinder temp, and exhaust gas temp remained in the normal range the engine stopped rotating prior to the aircrafts ditching. The aircraft was lost in aprx 700 feet of water.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3364V
- Reported as
- Beech BE-35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D830
- Airframe hours
- 3,553
- Engine
- Continental E-185-11, 185 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert J. Miller
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 10, 1983 · 15 hours before
- Departed
- HWO · Hollywood, FL
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
- 22
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 257 total · 93 in this make and model · 151 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FLL, 15 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.