- Date
- March 9, 1989, 03:21 local (08:21 UTC)
- Place
- Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean)
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N734QRCessna P210N
- Weather
- Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 36300
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
A power loss for undetermined reasons resulting in a ditching in the north Atlantic Ocean. High seas may have prevented the pilot from getting into his survival suit.
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 aircraft was on a flight from gander, newfoundland to shannon, ireland when the pilot reported an engine failure, and subsequently ditched in the Atlantic Ocean. Another aircraft reported that the pilot did not appear to get into his survival suit. The wind was 35-40 mph, and the wave heights 25-32 ft. the pilot was not found, and the aircraft was not recovered. Prior to departure the pilot had radioed that his aircraft throttle cable had stuck. It was also reported that the pilot got into his airplane without sumping the tanks.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N734QR
- Reported as
- Cessna P210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P21DD8611
- Airframe hours
- 1,296
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Operator
- Donald Leonard
- Registered owner
- Tim Mccandless
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 2, 1989 · 45 hours before
- Departed
- YOX · Gander, Nfld
- Destination
- Shannon,Ireland
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,200 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Night/dark
- Wind
- 270° at 40 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft broken