Cessna 185 N8475Q

Summary

On 23 October 1985 at about 22:30 local time, a Cessna 185 registered N8475Q was involved in an accident near Block Island, Rhode Island, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

23 October 1985 at 22:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Block Island, Rhode Island, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 185

Registration

N8475Q

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Brookhaven → Falmouth

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

NYC86LA026

1 person had minor injuries.

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 FLOATPLANE EXPERIENCED A PWR LOSS ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF MARTHA'S VINEYARD VOR. THE ENG MANIFOLD PRESSURE DROPPED AND THE RPM BECAME ERRATIC. THE PLT ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE ENG USING PRIMARY AND EMERGENCY FUEL PUMPS BUT THE ENG WOULD NOT RESTART. THE PLT CONTACTED SUFFOLK, MARTHA VINEYARD AND BRIDGEPORT TOWERS GIVING HIS LOCATION AND ADVISING THEN OF THE DITCHING. THE ACFT SANK IN THE WATER AND WAS NOT RECOVERED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.