# Accident 20020403008259A: Cessna 402B, Nassau, Bahamas, April 3, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 2002, 12:10 local time
- Place: Nassau, Bahamas
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N768WC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N768WC-2006-05-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402B (registry code 207590P, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402B
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA02WA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA02WA083) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020403008259A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON APRIL 3, 2002, ABOUT 1210 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 402B, N768WC, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY SOUTHSTREAM AVIATION, INC., WAS DITCHED IN CORAL HARBOR LAKE, SOUTHWEST OF THE NASSAU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, NASSAU, BAHAMAS. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT TO BIMINI, BAHAMAS. THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE COMMERCIAL-RATED PILOT AND A PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED ABOUT 6 MINUTES EARLIER FROM THE NASSAU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. ACCORDING TO THE PASSENGER WHO IS A U.S. CERTIFICATED PILOT, THE AIRPLANE WAS FUELED BEFORE TAKEOFF. HE CHECKED THE FUEL TANKS FOR CONTAMINANTS AFTER FUELING; NONE WERE FOUND. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED FROM RUNWAY 14, THEN WHEN TURNING ON COURSE TO BIMINI, THE LEFT ENGINE SPUTTERED. THE PILOT REDUCED THEN INCREASED POWER FROM THE LEFT ENGINE WHICH THEN QUIT. HE NOTED AT THAT TIME THE MANIFOLD AND FUEL PRESSURE INDICATIONS WERE DECREASING. THE PILOT THEN TURNED BACK TOWARDS THE NASSAU AIRPORT TO RETURN WHEN THE RIGHT ENGINE QUIT. UNABLE TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT, THE PILOT DITCHED THE AIRPLANE IN THE LAKE; THE AIRPLANE REMAINED UPRIGHT IN APPROXIMATELY 1-4 FEET DEEP WATER. BOTH OCCUPANTS EXITED THE AIRPLANE UNAIDED. THE ACCIDENT SITE WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 2.6 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE NASSAU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE INVESTIGATION IS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE BAHAMAS. ANY FURTHER INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THIS ACCIDENT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM: MANAGER OF FLIGHT STANDARDS, BAHAMAS, P.O. BOX AP 59244, NASSAU, N.P. BAHAMAS, PHONE: (242) 377-3445/3448, FACSIMILE: (242) 377-6060. THIS REPORT IS FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY AND CONTAINS ONLY INFORMATION OBTAINED FOR OR RELEASED BY THE BAHAMIAN GOVERNMENT.

## 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 MIA02WA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA02WA083), Apr 3, 2002: Cessna 402B (N768WC), Nassau, Bahamas, substantial damage

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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