- Date
- March 27, 1988, 15:40 local (20:40 UTC)
- Place
- Key West, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N739DQCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880327009849A
- Case key
- 32154
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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
According to the plt he was on a fish spotting flight. The acft lost power. The plt ditched in the ocean. He was picked up by a passing boat & taken to Key West, FL. He stated that due to the past history of this acft, his opinion was that the cause of the power loss was a failure of the magnetos. The acft was not recovered, therefore, the engine could not be examined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N739DQ
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17270464
- Airframe hours
- 3,104
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Raymond Berard
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 8, 1987 · 165 hours before
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,203 total · 2,203 in this make and model · 4,121 as pilot in command · 67 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EYW, 11 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.