# NTSB ERA09WA153: Cessna 421B, Nassau, Bahamas, January 30, 2009

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: January 29, 2009, 21:30 local (Jan 30, 2009, 01:30 UTC)
- Place: Nassau, Bahamas
- Coordinates: 25.038888, -77.46611
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.0389&lon=-77.4661&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach-VFR pattern final: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 11 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Teledyne Continental Motors, Cessna Aircraft Company
- NTSB case key (mKey): 73309
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA09WA153
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/73309/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09WA153

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Approach-VFR pattern final: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)
- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092); cases with it: [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On January 29, 2009, at 2130 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 421B, Bahamian registration C6-DXL, operated by a private individual as an air ambulance, experienced a loss of engine power while on approach to the Lynden Pindling International Airport (MYNN), Nassau, Bahamas. The pilot and eleven previously injured passengers sustained minor injuries, and the airplane was substantially damaged. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The flight originated from the Nicholl’s Town Airport (MYAN), Andros, Bahamas, at an undetermined time. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Bahamas Civil Aviation Department Flight Standards Inspectorate. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Manager of Flight Standards, Bahamas P.O. Box AP 59244 Nassau, N.P. Bahamas Phone: (242) 377-3445/3448 Facsimile: (242) 377-6060 This report is for information purposes only, and contains only information released by or obtained for the Bahamian Government.

## Aircraft

- Registration: C6-DXL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421B
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 421B0457
- Engines: Continental Motors GTSIO-520-L 375 horsepower reciprocating; Continental Motors GTSIO-520-L 375 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Glen Pratt
- Registered owner: Glen Pratt
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: MYAN, Nicholl's Town
- Destination: MYNN, Nassau
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: MYNN, Lynden Pindling Int., Airport

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: none; seat: left

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night

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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