# NTSB MIA88WA136: Beech D18S, N126M, St Maarten Isl., British Virgin Islands, March 31, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: March 31, 1988, 13:23 local (17:23 UTC)
- Place: St Maarten Isl., British Virgin Islands
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32254
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA88WA136
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32254/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88WA136

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N126M](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N126M-1991-04-23), registration cancelled 1991-04-23, S/N A841 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D18S
- Registry model: [Beech D18S](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d18s) (registry code 1151004) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: Morrison, John G
- Departed: TUPJ, BEEF ISLAND, OF
- Destination: MACM, ST MAARTEN ISL., OF
- Flight plan: VFR

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Not reported
- Wind: 90° at 10 knots
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: MACM

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 19880331013939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880331013939I), Mar 31, 1988: Beech D18S, St Martin, VI, Destroyed. Pilot reported right engine blew a cylinder. Unable to fly on one engine,ditched in ocean 4 miles off shore.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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