- Date
- April 20, 1972
- Place
- Ptd.Bight, Jamaica · PTD.BIGHT, Jamaica
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8065BCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report June 27, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166811
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0072 72/4/20 PTD.BIGHT,JAMAICA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 1100 TIME - 0035 N8065B PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PIGEON ISLAND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KINGSTON,JAMAICA MANDEVILLE,JAMAICA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT LOW ON FUEL ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED RAIN SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED REMARKS- FLEW INTO OCEAN ATTMPTING TO LND ON UNLTD STRIP DUE LOW FUEL & WEA.INVEST & REPTD,GOVT OF JAMAICA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8065B
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Pigeon Island
N8065BRegistration cancelled Aug 23, 2018 · Cessna 172Airframe modelCessna 172Engine modelContinental 0-300 series
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