# Accident 19870527065049A: Cessna 402C, West Palm Beach, FL, May 27, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 1987
- Place: West Palm Beach, FL
- Airport: Palm Beach International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: ACAA
- Location: 26.7153° N, 80.0534° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Palm Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7153&lon=-80.0534&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2652B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2652B-2015-04-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402C (registry code 207590R, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402C
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520VB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 16,740 total, 165 in this make and model, 85 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA87LA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87LA164) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870527065049A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

THE AIRCRAFT FAILED TO ARRIVE AT THE PLANNED DESTINATION. SUSPECT PILOT ENGAGED AUTOPILOT AND FLEW OUT TO SEA.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA87LA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87LA164), May 27, 1987: Cessna 402C (N2652B), Missing Acft, Bahamas, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N2652B (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19820313013339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820313013339I), Mar 13, 1982: Cessna 402C (N2652B), Kahului, HI, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on landing rollout. Actuator piston rod end bearing broken out of end fitting, ART-4EW.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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