- Date
- August 20, 1987, 16:05 local (20:05 UTC)
- Place
- Highland Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1591MCessna 182P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870820069369A
- Case key
- 31953
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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 they were at 1000 ft aprx 2 miles off shore en route to palm Beach international when the engine lost power & they ditched the acft in the ocean about 40 ft off the Beach. The salvage personnel stated that the left wing contained aprx 10 -15 gallons of fuel & the right wing contained about 5-10 gallons of fuel at the time the aircraft was recovered. Post crash examination of the engine & fuel system revealed no evidence to suggest a pre-impact failure or malfunction. The acft was operating at a temperature and dewpoint that in reference to performance charts is conducive to visible carburetor icing at glide and cruise power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1591M
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18264381
- Airframe hours
- 1,444
- Engine
- Continental O-470S, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert D. Wood
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 25, 1986
- Departed
- EYW · Key West, FL
- Destination
- PBI · West Palm Beach, FL
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
- 27
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 530 total · 400 in this make and model · 460 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PBI, 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.