- Date
- March 29, 1972
- Place
- N.Pacific Ocean (Pacific Ocean) · N.PACIFIC OCEAN, PO
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N19DDehavilland DH 114
- Status
- Completed · report September 26, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165889
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0250 72/3/29 N.PACIFIC OCEAN DEHAVILLAND DH 114 CR- 0 0 2 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2144 N19D PX- 0 0 0 FERRY 43, 11980 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 2500 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN FRANCISCO,CALIF HILO,HAWAII TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER LOW ON FUEL REMARKS- MISCALCULATED FUEL CONSUMPTION & FLT TIME TO CK PT.TARND 200MI N OF CRS,DITCHED 215MI OFF COAST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N19D
- Reported as
- Dehavilland DH 114
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N19DRegistration cancelled May 29, 1973 · Dehavilland D H 114 HERON 2DAAirframe modelDehavilland D H 114 HERON 2DA
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