- Date
- February 28, 1986, 01:28 local (06:28 UTC)
- Place
- Key Biscayne, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5394SCessna 337A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860228003959A
- Case key
- 31580
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Analysis
The acft had been flown for aprx 7 hrs and 15 mins during a flt from curacao, netherlands antilles. Nearing miami, both engs failed within a short time of each other and the plt performed a night ditching. The acft was not equipped with aux fuel tanks. The plt stated that the fuel supply of the acft had been exhausted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5394S
- Reported as
- Cessna 337A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 337-0494
- Airframe hours
- 3,133
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-C/D, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bo Hans Gartner
- Registered owner
- Mikael Gartner
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 5, 1986 · 12 hours before
- Departed
- MACC · Curacao, OF
- Destination
- MIA · Miami, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,960 total · 40 in this make and model · 3,500 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 210° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MIA, 11 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.