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| NTSB Identification: MIA94LA014. The docket is stored in the (offline) NTSB Imaging System. |
| Accident occurred Monday, November 01, 1993 at FORT LAUDERDALE, FL |
| Aircraft: CESSNA P210N, registration: N210TK |
| Injuries: 1 Minor |
| Event: 20001211X13776 Status: Final Report Approved On Tuesday, September 13, 1994 |
| NTSB Preliminary Narrative (6120.19A) |
| On November 1, 1993, about 1544 eastern standard time, N210TK, a Cessna P210-N, operated by Prop Jet International Inc., ditched off the |
| beach in Fort Lauderdale, Florida after an engine failure on a 14 CFR 91 ferry flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and an |
| IFR flight plan had been filed and activated. The airplane was not recovered and is presumed to be destroyed, and the pilot received minor |
| injuries. The flight originated from Robert Owens International Airport, Grand Cayman, about 1400 the same day. |
| The pilot stated that while descending to 3,000 feet he added power to level off and the engine began to run rough and eventually quit. He |
| then declared an emergency and executed a forced landing, ditching to the ocean. He exited the airplane after touchdown and inflated his PFD |
| and raft. About 45 minutes later he was rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard. The airplane was not recovered from the water therefore the airplane |
| and engine could not be examined. |
| NTSB Final Narrative (6120.4) |
| THE PILOT REPORTED AN ENGINE FAILURE DURING DESCENT AND EXECUTED A FORCED LANDING TO WATER. THE AIRPLANE SANK AND |
| WAS NOT RECOVERED; THEREFORE, THE ENGINE AND THE AIRPLANE COULD NOT BE EXAMINED. |
| NTSB Probable Cause Narrative |
| An engine failure for undetermined causes over terrain unsuitable for a forced landing. |
| Occurrences and Sequence of Events |
| Occurrence: 1, LOSS OF ENGINE POWER |
| Phase of Operation: DESCENT - NORMAL |
| Sequence of Events for Occurrence Number: 1 |
| 1 ( Cause ) REASON FOR OCCURRENCE UNDETERMINED / / |
| Occurrence: 2, FORCED LANDING |
| Phase of Operation: DESCENT - EMERGENCY |
| Occurrence: 3, IN FLIGHT COLLISION WITH TERRAIN/WATER |
| Phase of Operation: LANDING |
| Sequence of Events for Occurrence Number: 3 |
| 1 ( Factor ) TERRAIN CONDITIONS / WATER / (0) |
| 2 ( Factor ) TERRAIN CONDITIONS / NONE SUITABLE / (0) |
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