# NTSB ATL02WA022: Cessna C205, N55VX, Bimini, Bahamas, December 22, 2001

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: December 22, 2001, 11:18 local (15:18 UTC)
- Place: Bimini, Bahamas
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 53958
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL02WA022
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/53958/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02WA022

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N55VX](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55VX-2002-02-27), registration cancelled 2002-02-27, S/N 205-0237, built 1963 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna C205
- Registry model: [Cessna 210-5A(205A)](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210-5a-205a) (registry code 2073204) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Departed: MYGB, Great Harbor
- Destination: TMB, Miami
- Flight plan: VFR

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC)
- Wind: 60° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter: 30.20 inHg
- Observed at: TMB

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20011222037309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011222037309A), Dec 22, 2001: Cessna 2105A, Bimini, Bahamas, No damage. (.19) On December 22, 2001, at 1118 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 205, N55VX, ditched 15 miles off the coast of Bimini, Bahamas. The personal flight was…

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.

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