- Date
- September 13, 1985, 20:45 local (Sep 14, 1985, 00:45 UTC)
- Place
- Block Island, RI
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N1423ECessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 35586
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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 acft departed long Island on a VFR flt plan for Block Island. The plt did not close the flt plan after arrival at Block Island and departed Block Island without refiling a flt plan. The flt departed Block Island at night to the east over the ocean and has not been located. A witness on the Island saw what was believed to be acft lights go into the ocean the evening the acft departed. The following afternoon a fishing vessel recovered a wheel assembly that was brokenoff the acft. Both acft and occupants have not been located.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1423E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17270992
- Airframe hours
- 2,591
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gace Flying Club, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 22, 1985 · 21 hours before
- Departed
- BID · Block Island, RI
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
- 24
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 180 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 310° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BID