- Date
- July 18, 1984, 19:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ocean Cay (Atlantic Ocean)
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N738PQCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840718034009A
- Case key
- 31158
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of engine power
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Forced landing
Ditching
Analysis
Acft was ditched in the atlantic Ocean after power loss occurred. The wreckage was not recovered.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N738PQ
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17270134
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Air Sal, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Xanadu Enterprises Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 18, 1984 · 60 hours before
- Departed
- MYAK · Gongo Town, OF
- Destination
- MIA · Miami, FL
N738PQRegistration cancelled May 7, 2013 · Cessna 172NAirframe modelCessna 172NEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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
- 27
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,100 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.