Plane Crash List

Cessna 172N N738PQ

18 July 1984 · Ocean Cay · Serious injuries

Summary

On 18 July 1984 at about 23:30 local time, a Cessna 172N registered N738PQ, operated by Air SAL, Inc., was involved in an accident near Ocean Cay. 2 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 23:30
Classification
Accident
Location
Ocean Cay
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Cessna 172N
Registration
N738PQ
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Air SAL, Inc.
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Gongo Town → Miami
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
MIA84LA208

People

2 people were seriously injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 2 0 0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

ACFT WAS DITCHED IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AFTER POWER LOSS OCCURRED. THE WRECKAGE WAS NOT RECOVERED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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no coordinates
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