Piper PA-32-260 N4802S

Summary

On 3 March 1999 at about 16:00 local time, a Piper PA-32-260 registered N4802S, operated by Cutlass Bay Resort, was involved in an accident near Atlantic Ocean. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

3 March 1999 at 16:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Atlantic Ocean

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-32-260

Registration

N4802S

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Cutlass Bay Resort

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Cat Island → Nassau

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA99LA099

Nobody was injured.

a loss of engine power for an undetermined reason, resulting in a forced landing in water, and subsequent sinking of the airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The flight was cruising at 4,500 feet, and was about 20 minutes into the flight, when the pilot reported the engine oil temperature rose rapidly to the red line. About 14 minutes later the oil pressure dropped, the engine ran rough, and the pilot could not maintain altitude. He radioed his position on a frequency of 121.5, 60 DME (distance measuring equipment), off the Nassau VOR 120 degree radial. He elected to ditch near a boat. About 50 feet above the water the propeller stopped, and he glided as close to the boat as he could. The airplane sank and the pilot was picked up from the water, by the occupants of the boat. The airplane was not recovered from the ocean and the cause of the engine failure was not determined.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.