- Date
- May 23, 1991, 14:32 local (18:32 UTC)
- Place
- Missing (Atlantic Ocean)
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N73186Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910523017339A
- Case key
- 32874
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Probable cause
The lose of engine power for undetermined reasons which resulted in a forced landing and ditching in the atlantic ocean.
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 departed marathon, Florida en route to hollywood, Florida. A VFR flight plane was filed but not activated. The plt reported on guard frequency 'I've got no oil pressure, i'am going to ditch'. A search was initiated by U.S. Coast guard and terminated 2 days later. The plt's flight bag washed ashore. No airplane wreckage was sighted. The plt is presumed dead.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73186
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17267313
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Savco Flying
- Departed
- MTH · Marathon, FL
- Destination
- HWO · Hollywood, FL
- Flight plan
- Unknown
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
- 64
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 510 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- MTH, 1 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.