- Date
- December 3, 1978
- Place
- Pacific Ocean (Pacific Ocean) · PACIFIC OCEAN, PO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4876QCessna 185F
- Status
- Completed · report January 10, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781203038329A
- Case key
- 138588
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3534 78/12/3 PACIFIC OCEAN CESSNA 185F CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 1904 TIME - 0830 N4876Q PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 85 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA BARBARA,CA HONOLULU,HI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: PUMPS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- ACFT DITCHED 200 MILES EAST HONOLULU,HI. AUX FUEL PUMP UNABLE TO PRVD SUFF FUEL FM FRRY SYSTEM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4876Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N4876QRegistration cancelled Jul 15, 2011 · Cessna A185FAirframe modelCessna A185FEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.