# NTSB ERA10WA096: Huber Hartmut Express, N93HE, Berry Island, Bahamas, December 12, 2009

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: December 12, 2009, 08:00 local (13:00 UTC)
- Place: Berry Island, Bahamas
- Coordinates: 25.416666, -77.883331 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.4167&lon=-77.8833&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach-VFR pattern final: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 75160
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA10WA096
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/75160/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=75160
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10WA096

## 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 control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [Huber Hartmut EXPRESS, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md?model=05623WF), [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)

## Analysis

On December 12, 2009, at 1300 UTC, an experimental, amateur-built Harmut Huber Express, N93HE, operated by a private individual, crashed into the water on short final approach to Chub Cay Airport (MYBC), Berry Island, Bahamas. The pilot was killed and the airplane was substantially damaged. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The flight originated from Palm Beach County Park Airport (LNA), West Palm Beach, Florida 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.

## Factual narrative

On December 12, 2009, at 0800 EST, an experimental, amateur-built Harmut Huber Express, N93HE, operated by a private individual, crashed into the water on short final approach to Chub Cay Airport (MYBC), Berry Island, Bahamas. The pilot was killed and the airplane was substantially damaged. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The flight originated from Palm Beach County Park Airport (LNA), West Palm Beach, Florida, at an undetermined time. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Bahamian Government. 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: [N93HE](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N93HE-2017-07-12), registration cancelled 2017-07-12, S/N 143, built 1993 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUBER HARTMUT EXPRESS
- Registry model: [Huber Hartmut EXPRESS](https://openairdocs.org/model/huber-hartmut-express) (registry code 05623WF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (registry code 17025, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 143
- Engines: CONT MOTOR IO-360 SER 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed: LNA, Palm Beach, FL
- Destination: MYBC, Berry Island
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: MYBC, Chub Cay Airport

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 60; injuries: fatal; airline transport, flight instructor, commercial, sport pilot; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea, multi-engine land; medical: class 2, without waivers/limitations; flight hours: 13,000 total

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,400 ft unknown
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 77 °F
- Altimeter: 30.13 inHg
- Observed at: MYBC

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 15, 2009, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=75160. 6 KB in all.

- Memorandum for Record (item 1, .PDF, 6 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40322740&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Memorandum%20for%20Record-Master.PDF

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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