Cessna 337 N6359F

Summary

On 19 June 1982 at about 17:12 local time, a Cessna 337 registered N6359F, operated by Thomas H. Tonnelier, was involved in an accident near Near Stuart, Florida, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

19 June 1982 at 17:12

Classification

Accident

Location

Near Stuart, Florida, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 337

Registration

N6359F

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Thomas H. Tonnelier

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Sebring → Freeport

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA82DA134

1 person was seriously 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 PILOT MADE AN UNEVENTFUL FLIGHT FROM GAINSVILLE TO SEBRING, FL WHERE 3 PASSENGERS WERE DEPLANED. HE THEN DEPARTED ON A VFR FLIGHT TO FREEPORT ON THE GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND. THE PILOT STATED THE HE HAD PROCEEDED ABOUT 30 MILES EAST OF THE FLORIDA COAST WHEN THE REAR ENGINE BEGAN TO MALFUNCTION. HE TURNED BACK TOWARD THE COAST, BUT THE FRONT ENGINE ALSO BEGAN TO MALFUNCTION, SO HE ELECTED TO DITCH THE AIRCRAFT NEAR A BOAT. WHILE DITCHING, HE RECEIVED SERIOUS BACK INJURIES. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD DRAINED ABOUT ONE QUART OF WATER FROM THE FUEL SYSTEM PRIOR TO DEPARTING GAINSVILLE. HE ATTRIBUTED THE ENGINE MALFUNCTIONS TO FUEL CONTAMINATION. HOWEVER, THIS WAS NOT VERIFIED SINCE THE AIRCRAFT SANK IN OCEAN WATERS AND WAS NOT RECOVERED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.