NEAR STUART, FL, USA
N6359F
CESSNA 337
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.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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