- Date
- August 10, 1998, 14:10 local (18:10 UTC)
- Place
- Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean)
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6300GCessna 188
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 11, 2000
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19980810028669A
- Case key
- 43692
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
A complete loss of engine power due to loss of oil pressure, resulting in a force landing on non suitable terrain, and the subsequent sinking of the airplane in deep water.
Analysis
After thirty minutes of flying, the pilot noticed the oil pressure was zero. The pilot reported the problem to Miami radio and advised them he was returning to the airport. About five minutes later with reduced power, the engine stopped. The pilot advised Miami radio of his intention to make an emergency landing on the water close to a large ship. After landing, the plane floated for approximately thirty minutes and then sank. The pilot reported being in the water for fifteen minutes before being rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard. The airplane was not recovered.
Factual narrative
On August 10 1998, about 1410 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 188, N6300G, registered to Aircraft Parts and Avionics, ditched into the Atlantic Ocean, 26 miles southeast of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, while on a Title 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a VFR flight plan was filed. The airplane sank into the ocean, and the commercial-rated pilot reported no injuries. The flight had originated from Ft. Lauderdale Executive Airport, Florida, at approximately 1340 eastern daylight time.
After thirty minutes of flying, the pilot noticed the oil pressure was zero. The pilot reported the problem to Miami radio and advised them he was returning to the airport. About five minutes later with reduced power, the engine stopped. The pilot advised Miami radio of his intention to make an emergency landing on the water close to a large ship. After landing, the plane floated for approximately thirty minutes and then sank. The pilot reported being in the water for fifteen minutes before being rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard. The airplane was not recovered
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6300G
- Reported as
- Cessna 188
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 48801183T
- Airframe hours
- 4,400
- Engine
- Continental IO 520D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Operator
- Aircraft Parts And Avionics
- Registered owner
- James M. Harris
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1998 · 60 hours before
- Departed
- FXE · Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Destination
- MDPV · Turks Caicos, OF
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 46
- Certificates
- Foreign, Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 16,300 total · 550 in this make and model · 9,000 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 55 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 79 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FLL, 26 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.