De Havilland DHC-4 N5488R

Summary

On 23 October 1984 at about 07:07 local time, a De Havilland DHC-4 registered N5488R was involved in an accident near Sable Island Ns, Canada. 2 people were on board and one died, one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

23 October 1984 at 07:07

Classification

Accident

Location

Sable Island Ns, Canada

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

De Havilland DHC-4

Registration

N5488R

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Ferry

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Santa Maria → Teterboro

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

NYC85LA013

1 person died.

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

PLT DITCHED ACFT IN ATLANTIC OCEAN FOLLOWING A LOSS OF POWER DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. CO-PILOT STATED THEY WERE AWARE OF BAD WX ALONG THE ROUTE BUT THE PLT WAS ANXIOUS TO GET TO THEIR DESTINATION. HEADWINDS ENCOUNTERED EN ROUTE WERE STRONGER THEN EXPECTED. CO-PILOT STATED THEY HAD SHUT DOWN ONE OF THE ENGINES APRX 1/2 HOUR BEFORE THE DITCHING IN AN EFFORT TO CONSERVE FUEL.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.