# Accident 20131006025009A: Britten-Norman BN-2A-8, Culebra, PR, October 6, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 6, 2013, 06:30 local time
- Place: Culebra, PR
- Airport: Benjamin Rivera Noriega
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: UOIA
- Location: 18.2500° N, 65.3833° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.2500&lon=-65.3833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N909GD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N909GD-2013-12-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Britten-Norman BN-2A-8 (registry code 1520209, https://openairdocs.org/model/britten-norman-bn-2a-8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-540-E4C5 (registry code 42391, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-540-e4c5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BRITTEN-NORMAN BN-2A-8
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-540-E4C5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,650 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA14LA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14LA007) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131006025009A

## Narrative

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

AT 0500 LCL ON 10/06/2013 A BN2A ISLANDER N909GD DEPARTED TJCP IN ORDER TO INITIATE A NEWSPAPER CARGO FLIGHT UNDER 14 CFR PART 135. PLANNED ROUTE OF FLIGHT WAS TJCP-TJRVR-TJVQ, AND THEN BACK TO TJCP. ONLY THE PILOT WAS ONBOARD. AIRCRAFT BECAME OVERDUE ON ITS FINAL DESTINATION AT TJCP AND COMPANY INITIATED A SEARCH IN THE AREA. PILOT'S BODY WAS FOUND FLOATING ON THE OCEAN AROUND 5 MILES SOUTH WEST OF TJCP ALONG WITH SEVERAL AIRCRAFT PARTS ALSO FLOATING NEARBY.

## 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 ERA14LA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14LA007), Oct 6, 2013: Britten-Norman BN-2A-8 (N909GD), Culebra, PR, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airplane control for reasons that could not be determined because the wreckage was not recovered.

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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