- Date
- September 12, 1983, 12:20 local (16:20 UTC)
- Place
- Culebra Island, PR
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N11207Cessna C-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830912048559A
- Case key
- 30938
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated that while on his long cross country flight the engine started to lose pwr. He then felt a vibration and the prop stopped the acft was ditched near the shore of Culebra Island. It was calculated that the acft flew abt 3 hours and 30 minutes. Endurance charts in the operating handbook indicate that under std conditions at 75% pwr the acft will fly for 3 and one-half hours with 2.6 gallons left for reserve provided the mixture is properly leaned at cruise
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11207
- Reported as
- Cessna C-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15075254
- Airframe hours
- 8,164
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Isla Grande Flying Schooling
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 15, 1983 · 90 hours before
- Departed
- MIST · St. Thomas
- Destination
- MVOS · Vieques Island, PR
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 58 total · 58 in this make and model · 9 as pilot in command · 49 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MIST, 30 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.