What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Southern region operations center & the NTSB reported to this office that remnants of a small aircraft was sited and recovered off the coast near Jacksonville. Reports indicated the piece, a wing section containing the fuel tank was recovered from a fishing boat and preliminary investigation was, that of a Cessna 172, reported missing from Herlong airpark. Local radar tracking shows the aircraft, N8059X, was lost off the radar somewhere around 0242 am and appeared to have crashed into the ocean approximately 22 miles off the northern coast consistent with a limited debris path. The coast guard provided search & rescue & rescue attempts were ended. Further information was provided whereas, a duval county sheriff responded and went to the location where the hangar is stored, locating a suicide note inside the owners vehicle. Pictures and recorded information on file was provided to Cessna aircraft from this office and indicates the part recovered was determined to be that of the aircraft presumed crashed and the owner deceased. This investigation is being closed by all agencies involved pending future information and or recovered aircraft debris.
As the FAA filed it
SOUTHERN REGION OPERATIONS CENTER & THE NTSB REPORTED TO THIS OFFICE THAT REMNANTS OF A SMALL AIRCRAFT WAS SITED AND RECOVERED OFF THE COAST NEAR JACKSONVILLE. REPORTS INDICATED THE PIECE, A WING SECTION CONTAINING THE FUEL TANK WAS RECOVERED FROM A FISHING BOAT AND PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION WAS, THAT OF A CESSNA 172, REPORTED MISSING FROM HERLONG AIRPARK. LOCAL RADAR TRACKING SHOWS THE AIRCRAFT, N8059X, WAS LOST OFF THE RADAR SOMEWHERE AROUND 0242 AM AND APPEARED TO HAVE CRASHED INTO THE OCEAN APPROXIMATELY 22 MILES OFF THE NORTHERN COAST CONSISTENT WITH A LIMITED DEBRIS PATH. THE COAST GUARD PROVIDED SEARCH & RESCUE & RESCUE ATTEMPTS WERE ENDED. FURTHER INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED WHEREAS, A DUVAL COUNTY SHERIFF RESPONDED AND WENT TO THE LOCATION WHERE THE HANGAR IS STORED, LOCATING A SUICIDE NOTE INSIDE THE OWNERS VEHICLE. PICTURES AND RECORDED INFORMATION ON FILE WAS PROVIDED TO CESSNA AIRCRAFT FROM THIS OFFICE AND INDICATES THE PART RECOVERED WAS DETERMINED TO BE THAT OF THE AIRCRAFT PRESUMED CRASHED AND THE OWNER DECEASED. THIS INVESTIGATION IS BEING CLOSED BY ALL AGENCIES INVOLVED PENDING FUTURE INFORMATION AND OR RECOVERED AIRCRAFT DEBRIS.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.