- Date
- August 9, 1984, 05:38 local (09:38 UTC)
- Place
- Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean)
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1888LBeech D-55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840809039149A
- Case key
- 31170
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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 stated that he set the throttles for 45 percent power after climbing to 1500 ft MSL. After about 4 hrs of flight the left eng failed followed by a right engine failure moments later. The acft was ditched and never recoveredbecause it sank into the Atlantic Ocean.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1888L
- Reported as
- Beech D-55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TE 452
- Airframe hours
- 3,375
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-C, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Andrew J. Linette
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- RDG · Reading, PA
- Destination
- MLB · Melbourne, FL
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
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,000 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 20 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 220° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DAB, 32 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.