- Date
- June 13, 1987, 14:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Caribbean Sea
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4346WCessna 172G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 5, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870613042689A
- Case key
- 31930
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt became disoriented while flying from saint lucia to saint vincent after he incorrectly selected the wrong station when navigating using the adf. He contacted ATC who advised him to climb & was advised that the flt was aprx 20 miles west of saint vincent. The eng then quit due to fuel exhaustion & the acft was ditched next to a vessel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4346W
- Reported as
- Cessna 172G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17254417
- Airframe hours
- 2,400
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Roger L. Barcus
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 10, 1987 · 7 hours before
- Departed
- STX · St. Croix
- Destination
- MKSV · St. Vincent, CB
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 132 total · 77 in this make and model · 97 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- STX, 301 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.
Other investigations on N4346W · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.