# NTSB NYC82DA046: Cessna T188C, N9374J, Block Island, RI, March 8, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: March 8, 1982, 13:17 local (18:17 UTC)
- Place: Block Island, RI
- Location: 41.1918° N, 71.5745° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Block Island, RI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1918&lon=-71.5745&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 8, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 69979
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC82DA046
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/69979/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82DA046

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power, cruise - normal
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- Ditching, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - water,rough

## Analysis

WHILE ON A FERRY FLIGHT APPROACHING THE NANTUCKET VOR THE PILOT STATED THAT THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TURNED BACK TOWARDS BLOCK ISLAND AT WHICH TIME THE FUEL PRESSURE BEGAN TO FLUCTUATE AND DECREASE ALONG WITH THE MANIFOLD PRESSURE. THE PILOT PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY SYSTEM FUEL CHECK BUT THE ENGINE EVENTUALLY LOST ALL POWER AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DITCHED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9374J](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9374J-1983-02-24), registration cancelled 1983-02-24, S/N T18803798T (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T188C
- Registry model: [Cessna T188C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t188c) (registry code 2073012) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: T18803798T
- Airframe hours: 24
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520T 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Ferry, Part 91
- Operator: European Marketing Company
- Registered owner: Cessna Aircraft Company
- Departed: NEWPORT NEWS, VA
- Destination: GANDER, NEWFOUN
- Flight plan: IFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 4,904 total, 5 in this make and model, 4,759 as pilot in command, 76 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 20 knots
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Temperature: 118 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820308002719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820308002719A), Mar 8, 1982: Cessna T188C, Block Island, RI, Substantial damage. Engine quit on an over water flight. Ditched in ocean. Airplane sank. Cause of power loss unknown.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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