- Date
- November 1, 1993, 15:44 local (20:44 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N210TKCessna P210N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 13, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19931101041539A
- Case key
- 37453
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Probable cause
An engine failure for undetermined causes over terrain unsuitable for a forced landing.
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 pilot reported an engine failure during descent and executed a forced landing to water. The airplane sank and was not recovered; therefore, the engine and the airplane could not be examined.
Factual narrative
On November 1, 1993, about 1544 eastern standard time, N210TK, a Cessna P210-N, operated by Prop Jet International Inc., ditched off the beach in Fort Lauderdale, Florida after an engine failure on a 14 CFR 91 ferry flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and an IFR flight plan had been filed and activated. The airplane was not recovered and is presumed to be destroyed, and the pilot received minor injuries. The flight originated from Robert Owens International Airport, Grand Cayman, about 1400 the same day.
The pilot stated that while descending to 3,000 feet he added power to level off and the engine began to run rough and eventually quit. He then declared an emergency and executed a forced landing, ditching to the ocean. He exited the airplane after touchdown and inflated his PFD and raft. About 45 minutes later he was rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard. The airplane was not recovered from the water therefore the airplane and engine could not be examined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N210TK
- Reported as
- Cessna P210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 00050
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Operator
- Prop Jet Intl. Inc.
- Registered owner
- Static Unlimited
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- MWCR · Grand Cayman, OF
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 42
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 8,000 total · 60 in this make and model · 60 in the last 90 days · 60 in the last 30 days · 18 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FLL, 8 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.