# NTSB NYC83FA248: Cessna U-206FG, N50807, Jones Beach, NY, September 17, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: September 17, 1983, 19:03 local (23:03 UTC)
- Place: Jones Beach, NY
- Location: 40.5547° N, 73.4545° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from NTSB’s distance and direction from JOHN F KENNEDY INTL (JFK), within about 5 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5547&lon=-73.4545&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35081
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC83FA248
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35081/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FA248

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise - normal
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (contributing factor)
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - procedures/directives - disregarded, pilot in command (cause)
  - fuel supply - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - refueling - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- Ditching, landing - flare/touchdown
  - altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT DITCHED IN THE OCEAN ABOUT 4 MILES SE OF JONES BEACH, NY FOLLOWING ENG POWER FAILURE. THE 4 OCCUPANTS DROWNED. THE PLT WAS GOING FROM WASHINGTON,DC TO WESTHAMPTON BEACH, NY, THE ACFT WAS LAST REFUELED BEFORE ITS DEPARTURE FROM WESTHAMPTON BEACH ON 9/16 WHEN IT WAS TOPPED OFF WITH 58 GALLONS OF FUEL. THE NEXT MORNING THE FLT DEPARTED FOR WASHINGTON, DC AND ARRIVED THERE AT 1030. NO FUEL WAS REQUESTED OR DELIVERED TO THE ACFT. THE FLT DEPARTED WASHINGTON AT 1737 FOR THE 2 HOUR TRIP WITH 3 HOURS OF FUEL LISTED ABOARD. AN ENROUTE FLT CLEARANCE ROUTED THE ACFT ABOUT 20 MILES FROM THE COAST FOR ATC CONSIDERATIONS. ABOUT 15 MIN LATER THE PILOT REPORTED ERRATIC FUEL INDICATIONS AND REQUESTED DIRECT ROUTING TO ISLIP, NY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N50807](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N50807-1984-01-17), registration cancelled 1984-01-17, S/N U20601949 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U-206FG
- Registry model: [Cessna 206](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-206) (registry code 2073302) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: U20601949
- Airframe hours: 1700
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-F 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Michael Velys, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: DCA, WASHINGTON, DC
- Destination: FOK, WESTHAMPTON, NY
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: JFK, J. F. Kennedy

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 800 total, 50 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 240° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,400 ft broken
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: JFK, 16 nm away

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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