- Date
- September 30, 1985, 14:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Montauk, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6525JCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850930067529A
- Case key
- 35608
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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 Cessna 172 was cruising 3000 ft off shore at 600 ft AGL over the ocean. The engine was at 1900 RPM with the carburator heat on when the aircraft experienced a power failure. The flight instructor made an emergency landing on a beach. Upon touch down the left wing struck a rock and the aircraft swerved into the ocean. The pilot and flight instructor exited the aircraft uninjured. The aircraft received substantial damage. On site examination of the aircraft showed it had usable fuel in both tanks and the cause of the engine failure was undetermined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6525J
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ate Of New York
- Departed
- ISP · Islip, NY
- Destination
- ISP
- Airport
- Macarthur
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
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 331 total · 112 in this make and model · 300 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ISP
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.