Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Guam
Sunday, October 11, 1987 23:43 HDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER AT 1500 FEET MSL WHILE ON A FLIGHT IN THE MARIANAS ISLANDS FROM SAIPAN TO GUAM. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DITCHED IN OCEAN WATERS ABOUT 2 MILES NORTH OF GUAM AND WAS NOT RECOVERED. THE OCCUPANTS WERE RESCUED BY A U.S. NAVY HELICOPTER ABOUT 50 MINUTES AFTER THE DITCHING.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 10/11/1987
Event Day of the Week Sunday
Time of Event 2343
Event Time Zone Hawaii Daylight Time
Event City GUAM
Event State PACIFIC OCEAN
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 96910
Event Date Year 1987
Event Date Month 10
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport
Event Location Nearest Airport ID
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport Off Airport/Airstrip
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation --
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1627
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID PGUA
Elevation of weather observation facility 0
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 24000
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 1500
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Scattered
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Broken
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 7
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 26
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 24
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 120
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 12
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Light
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury Serious
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 1
Injury Total Serious 1
Injury Total All 1
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 1587
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Oct 12 1987 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1600
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 34935
Date of most recent change to record Dec 13 2000 2:55PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N11939
NTSB Number LAX88LA013
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Destroyed
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name CESSNA
Aircraft Model 150L
Aircraft Series Identifier 150L
Aircraft Serial Number 15075761
Certified Max Gross Weight 1600
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 2
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Jun 3 1987 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 33
Airframe Hours 5079
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name AVIATON SERVICE LTD.
Aircraft Owner Street Address P.O. BOX 1578
Aircraft Owner City AGANA
Aircraft Owner State OF
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 96910
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name AVIATION SERVICES
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address P.O. BOX 1578 GUAM AIRPORT
Operator City AGANA
Operator State OF
Operator Country
Operator Zip code 96910
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Personal
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code
Departure City SAIPAN
Departure State PO
Departure Country
Departure Time 1455
Departure Time Zone
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code GUM
Destination City AGANA
Destination State PO
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:35AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 0
Runway Length --
Runway Width --
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --