# Accident 20050329005509A: Scwzer 269D, Punta Cana, DR, March 29, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 2005, 20:20 local time
- Place: Punta Cana, DR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6354° N, 72.8614° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6354&lon=-72.8614&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4767, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4767-2005-04-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer 269D (registry code 8059501, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-269d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C20 series (registry code 03020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c20-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER 269D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,248 total, 300 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA05LA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05LA088) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050329005509A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THIS OFFICE RECEIVED A CALL ON MARCH 29, 2005 INDICATING THAT N4767, A SCHWEITZER 269D, OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA ^ WAS LOST FROM RADAR CONTACT ABOUT 20 MILES EAST OF PUNTA CANA (DR). THE FLIGHT HAD ORIGINATED FROM LA ROMANA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND WAS GOING TO ISLA GRANDE AIRPORT IN SAN JUAN, PR. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA ^ WAS IDENTIFIED AS THE ONLY OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT. SEARCHES HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED BY THE DR COAST GUARD AND THE US COAST GUARD.

## 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 MIA05LA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05LA088), Mar 29, 2005: Schweizer 269D (N4767), Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean), destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: An inflight collision with the ocean for undetermined reasons.

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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