- Date
- August 3, 1986, 12:04 local (16:04 UTC)
- Place
- San Juan, PR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N914DFCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860803045789A
- Case key
- 31685
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft had been in the air for about 1 hr & was aprching the arpt. While on final aprch, the eng quit & the plt radioed 'mayday,mayday,fuel exhaustion' & ditched the acft in the water. The CFI plt stated that he checked the fuel supply by looking at the fuel gages before he & his student took off & they registered about 1/4 full. Fuel tank capacity is about 26 gals. 1/4 tanks would be about 6 gals. Normal fuel consumption is about 6 gals per hr. The CFI stated that after the ditching, he observed fuel in one tank after removing a fuel cap. He also stated that he looked into the cockpit after the ditching & saw 'everything was still in the green' he later stated that he did not know the reason for the eng failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N914DF
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15282141
- Airframe hours
- 1,576
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Caribe Aviation, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 25, 1986 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- SIG · San Juan, PR
- Airport
- SIG · Isla Grande, runway 9, 5,317 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 25
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,150 total · 960 in this make and model · 900 as pilot in command · 460 in the last 90 days · 150 in the last 30 days · 9 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SJU, 8 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.