- Date
- March 19, 1984, 01:23 local (06:23 UTC)
- Place
- Pahokee, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N20433Cessna C-177B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840319006009A
- Case key
- 31103
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
At 0052, shortly after departing big cypress, FL, the plt called west palm beach tower & requested advisories to Pahokee arpt. The controller requested the flt's position, but the plt was not sure of his location. The tower controller contacted miami artc for assistance & the acft was located 35 mi northwest of miami, FL. Vectors were provided to Pahokee, FL. However, at 0123, when the acft was on an apch to the Pahokee arpt, the plt advised that he was 'out of fuel' & was ditching. The acft was ditched in the okeechobee lake.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N20433
- Reported as
- Cessna C-177B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 177 02672
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert Dean Stokes
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 1983
- Departed
- PRI · Big Cypress, FL
- Destination
- Pahokee, FL
- Airport
- PHK · Pahokee, runway 7, 1,617 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 59
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 425 total · 425 in this make and model · 30 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 110° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PBI, 35 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.