# Accident 20041104027889A: Socata TB20TRINIDAD, Key West, FL, November 4, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 4, 2004, 19:30 local time
- Place: Key West, FL
- Airport: Key West International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 24.4853° N, 81.7903° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=24.4853&lon=-81.7903&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1905S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1905S-2007-09-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Socata TB-20 TRINIDAD (registry code 8680695, https://openairdocs.org/model/socata-tb-20-trinidad) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SOCATA TB20TRINIDAD
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 813 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA05FA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05FA024) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041104027889A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 11/04/2004 AT APPROX. 0015Z N1905S A TB-20-20 TRINIDAD CONTACTED KEY WEST (EYW) TOWER REQUESTING AN IFR CLEARANCE TO SARASOTA, FL. THE PILOT REQUESTED A RIGHT TURN AFTER DEPARTURE TO CROSS OVERHEAD OF EYW AIRPORT. N1905S WAS CLEARED FOR TAKE-OFF AT 0023 WITH A RIGHT TURN TO A HEADING 180. A/C WAS SWITCHED TO DEPARTURE CONTROL (NAVAL AIR STATION ATCF) AT 0024Z. DEPARTURE CONTROL CONTACTED EYW TO ATTEMPT TO LOCATE THE A/C AT 0033Z. THE U.S. COAST GUARD AT KEY WEST WAS NOTIFIED AND INITIATED A SEARCH FOR THE AIRPLANE AND LOCATED THE PASSENGER, AND DEBRIS FROM THE AIRPLANE. THE MAIN WRECKAGE AND THE PILOT HAS NOT BEEN LOCATED.

## 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 MIA05FA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05FA024), Nov 5, 2004: Socata TB 20 (N1905S), Key West, FL, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control as a result of spatial disorientation. A related factor was the dark, night conditions.

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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