Cessna 195 N4477C

Summary

On 5 April 1998 at about 00:42 local time, a Cessna 195 registered N4477C was involved in an accident near Cape May, New Jersey, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

5 April 1998 at 00:42

Classification

Accident

Location

Cape May, New Jersey, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 195

Registration

N4477C

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Myrtle Beach → Atlantic City

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

NYC98FAMS1

1 person died.

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

A Cessna 195, N4477C, performed a night forced landing to the water, about 2 miles south-southwest of Cape May, New Jersey. Neither the airplane nor the certificated commercial pilot have been recovered. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the personal flight that departed Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, destined for Atlantic City International Airport (ACHY), Atlantic City, New Jersey. An instrument flight rules (FIR) flight plan had been filed for the flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.