# NTSB MIA86LA086: Cessna 337A, N5394S, Key Biscayne, FL, February 28, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 28, 1986, 01:28 local (06:28 UTC)
- Place: Key Biscayne, FL
- Coordinates: 25.680772, -80.159393 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.6808&lon=-80.1594&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31580
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA86LA086
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31580/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86LA086

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise - normal
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion
  - fuel supply - exceeded, pilot in command (cause)
  - in-flight planning/decision - inaccurate, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Ditching, landing - flare/touchdown

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5394S-2015-05-19), registration cancelled 2015-05-19, S/N 337-0494, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 337A
- Registry model: [Cessna 337A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-337a) (registry code 2075704) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (registry code 17025, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 337-0494
- Airframe hours: 3133
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860228003959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860228003959A), Feb 28, 1986: Cessna 337A, Key Biscayne, FL, Substantial damage. Bypassed nassau. Thought he had enough fuel to reach Miami. Ran out of fuel. Ditched 1 mile east of cape, Florida.

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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