Cessna 172G N4346W

Summary

On 13 June 1987 at about 18:45 local time, a Cessna 172G registered N4346W was involved in an accident near Caribbean Sea. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

13 June 1987 at 18:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Caribbean Sea

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 172G

Registration

N4346W

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

St. Croix → St. Vincent

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA87LA182

Nobody was injured.

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

THE PLT BECAME DISORIENTED WHILE FLYING FROM SAINT LUCIA TO SAINT VINCENT AFTER HE INCORRECTLY SELECTED THE WRONG STATION WHEN NAVIGATING USING THE ADF. HE CONTACTED ATC WHO ADVISED HIM TO CLIMB & WAS ADVISED THAT THE FLT WAS APRX 20 MILES WEST OF SAINT VINCENT. THE ENG THEN QUIT DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION & THE ACFT WAS DITCHED NEXT TO A VESSEL.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.