- Date
- April 20, 1984, 10:17 local (15:17 UTC)
- Place
- West Palm Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N51184Cessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840420014239A
- Case key
- 31126
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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 plt reported that shortly after leveling at 5,500 ft MSL, he leaned the mixture, & a few minutes later, the eng lostpartial power. All attempts to restore power were to no avail; the eng developed only about 1600 RPM. The flt entered a 300 fpm rate of descent until it ditched.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51184
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17274275
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard A. Grue
- Registered owner
- Chandelle Aviation Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 8, 1984 · 81 hours before
- Departed
- PBI · West Palm Beach
- Destination
- MYAT · Treasure Cay
- 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
- 23
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 639 total · 193 in this make and model · 373 as pilot in command · 103 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PBI, 20 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.