- Date
- April 29, 1989, 15:24 local (19:24 UTC)
- Place
- Daytona Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N447BBeech 35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 22, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890429010379A
- Case key
- 32429
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Probable cause
A loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.
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
During normal cruise just offshore the plt reported, the eng quit. He then ditched the acft in 10 ft of water. The eng has not been recovered therefore no determination could be made as to the reason for the reported loss of eng power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N447B
- Reported as
- Beech 35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-1463
- Engine
- Continental E-185-1, 185 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Case, Kenneth R.
- Registered owner
- Case, Kenneth R.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- LEE · Leesburg, FL
- Destination
- DAB · Daytona 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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 156 total · 135 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DAB, 4 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 N447B · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.