- Date
- June 6, 1985, 00:15 local (04:15 UTC)
- Place
- Cleveland, OH
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- CFFLCBeech E18S
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 12871
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Sequence of events
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Missing aircraft
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Analysis
The flight departed & proceeded en route without incident. Radar & radio contact was maintained until the flt proceeded over lake erie. The flt did not arrive at it's destination. The acft is presumed to have crashed in lake erie. One identifiable 3 ft x 4 ft section of floor panel was located. Two smaller pieces of wreckage were also found which may have been portions of cffic.
Aircraft
- Registration
- CFFLC
- Reported as
- Beech E18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- BA365
- Airframe hours
- 4,756
- Engine
- P&W R985-AN14B, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Skycraft Air Transport, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 23, 1985 · 55 hours before
- Departed
- YOO · Oshawa
- Destination
- CLE · Cleveland, OH
- Flight plan
- VFR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 29
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 5,131 total · 340 in this make and model · 3,384 as pilot in command · 219 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 210° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CLE, 30 nm away