- Date
- May 8, 1987, 18:05 local (22:05 UTC)
- Place
- San Juan, PR
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1253MCessna 337E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870508028369A
- Case key
- 31911
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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 during the base leg with 2/3 flaps lowered the acft entered an uncontrolled left bank. Control was partially regained, however, the acft then entered a spin to the left. Control was not established before the acft crashed into the ocean where it rests in aprx 23 feet of water. The acft has not been recovered therefore no determination could be made as to the reason for the loss of control described by the plt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1253M
- Reported as
- Cessna 337E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 33701253
- Airframe hours
- 3,575
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-C, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bermard V. Baus
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 12, 1987 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- PSE · Ponce, PR
- Destination
- SIG · San Juan, PR
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
- 61
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 312 total · 11 in this make and model · 6 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 13 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,500 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SJU, 12 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.