- Date
- October 14, 1986, 11:02 local (15:02 UTC)
- Place
- Caribbean Sea
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8147QCessna U206F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861014048719A
- Case key
- 31809
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft was destroyed upon ditching in the ocean after sustaining eng failure several minutes after takeoff. The plt stated that he checked the fuel tanks with a calibrated dip-stick and determined there was 20 gals of fuel in the left tank and 15 gals in the right tank. He stated that he drained the eng fuel sump & the two wing sumps during his pre-flight inspection of the acft but did not drain the two under-belly sumps as he did not know of their existence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8147Q
- Reported as
- Cessna U206F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20603098
- Airframe hours
- 2,000
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Craig A. Waldron
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1986 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- STT · St. Thomas
- Destination
- STX · St.Croix
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
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,309 total · 641 in this make and model · 1,277 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 16 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- STT, 6 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.