FORT LAUDERDALE, FL, USA
N402V
CESSNA 402C
PILOT DITCHED AIRCRAFT IN ATLANTIC OCEAN AFTER LOSING POWER IN BOTH ENGINES. THE THREE OCCUPANTS ESCAPED ININJURIED AND WERE PICKED UP BY A NEARBY BOAT. THE AIRCRAFT SANK IN APPROXIMATELY 800 FEET OF WATER ABOUT 5 MINUTES AFTER DITCHING. POST ACCIDENT INSPECTION OF OPERATOR RECORDS ALONG WITH A STATEMENT FROM THE PREVIOUS PILOT WHO FLEW THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT APPROXIMATELY 26 POUNDS OF FUEL REMAINED ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. CESSNA AIRCRAFT COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE STATED THAT THE CESSNA 402C AIRCRAFT HAS AN UNUSABLE FUEL CAPACITY OF 44.4 POUNDS IN CRITICAL FLIGHT ATTITUDES AND THAT THIS FIGURE IS LOWER IN MORE NORMAL ATTITUDES.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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