- Date
- September 27, 1991, 13:17 local (17:17 UTC)
- Place
- Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean)
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2983UCessna 172H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910927043589A
- Case key
- 32932
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Probable cause
Total loss of engine power due to 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
Before the accident the acft had not been flown for 4 months. The flt departed & proceeded offshore due to reported congestion over land. The flt was 14 miles offshore when the eng quit. The plt was unable to restart it & ditched the acft which became inverted after touchdown. The plt exited the acft & was rescued by a nearby boat. The acft was not recovered; therefore, no determination could be made as to the reason for the reported loss of eng power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2983U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17254995
- Airframe hours
- 1,500
- Engine
- Continental O-300D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Cummings, Robert J.
- Registered owner
- Cummings, Robert J.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 15, 1990 · 150 hours before
- Departed
- FPR · Fort Pierce, 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
- 67
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,000 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 4,000 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 1 °F, dew point 1 °F
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 N2983U · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.