# NTSB MIA84LA128: Cessna 172, N64110, Marathon, FL, April 2, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 1, 1984, 19:30 local (Apr 2, 1984, 00:30 UTC)
- Place: Marathon, FL
- Coordinates: 24.550497, -81.779472 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=24.5505&lon=-81.7795&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31112
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA84LA128
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31112/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84LA128

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Undetermined, unknown
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT WAS MISSING AFTER DEPARTING ON A FLT FROM MARATON, FL TO EVERGLADES CITY, FL. SAR PERSONNEL FOUND THE BODIES OF THE PLT & 3 PAX, BUT THE ACFT WAS NOT FOUND. IT WAS PRESUMED TO HAVE BEEN DESTROYED DURING A CRASH IN THE GULF OF MEXICO.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N64110](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N64110-2014-11-12), registration cancelled 2014-11-12, S/N 17265026, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (registry code 2072418) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17265026
- Airframe hours: 1164
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E2D 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Wade Daniels
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Unknown, March 23, 1984
- Departed: MTH, MARATHON, FL
- Destination: X01, EVERGLADES CITY, FL

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 51; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 911 total, 911 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 360° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: FMY, 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840401018239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840401018239A), Apr 1, 1984: Cessna 172M, Marathon, FL, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Aircraft crashed in gulf of Mexico for unknown reasons.

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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