# NTSB ERA11WA090: Hawker Beechcraft TC-45J, N38L, Nassau, Bahamas, December 14, 2010

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: December 14, 2010, 14:42 local (19:42 UTC)
- Place: Nassau, Bahamas
- Coordinates: 24.945278, -77.581947 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=24.9453&lon=-77.5819&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach-VFR pattern downwind: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: FAA AVP-100
- NTSB case key (mKey): 78005
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA11WA090
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/78005/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=78005
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11WA090

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach-VFR pattern downwind: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [Beech TC-45J, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md?model=1151022), [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On December 14, 2010, about 1442 eastern standard time, a Hawker Beechcraft TC-45J, N38L, registered to and operated by Monarch Air Group, impacted ocean waters about 7 miles southwest of Lynden Pindling International Airport (MYNN), Nassau, Bahamas. The certificated airline transport pilot and passenger were killed, and the airplane was presumed destroyed. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and an instrument flight rules flight plan was filed for the flight that departed Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport (KFFL), Fort Lauderdale, Florida, about 1347. The non-scheduled, on-demand, air-taxi cargo flight was conducted under the provision of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 135. The airplane was on a 7-mile left downwind leg for runway 32 at MYNN, at 2,000 feet mean sea level, when radar and radio contact was lost. Fragments of the airplane and the passenger were recovered on the surface of the water, about 7 miles southwest of MYNN. The main wreckage and pilot were not recovered. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of the Bahamas. Any further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Manager of Flight Standards Inspectorate, 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: [N38L](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N38L-2013-07-16), registration cancelled 2013-07-16, S/N 51132, built 1953 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Hawker Beechcraft TC-45J
- Registry model: [Beech TC-45J](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-tc-45j) (registry code 1151022) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney PT6A series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (registry code 52034, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 51132
- Engines: P&W PT6A SERIES 500 horsepower reciprocating; P&W PT6A SERIES 500 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: Monarch Air Group LLC
- Registered owner: Monarch Air Group LLC
- Departed: KFLL, Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Destination: MYNN, Nassau
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: MYNN, Lynden Pindling International, runway 32, 11,353 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: fatal; commercial, flight instructor, airline transport, flight engineer; airplane ratings: multi-engine sea, single-engine sea, multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: helicopter, airplane; medical: class 1; seat: left

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 340° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter: 29.97 inHg
- Observed at: MYNN, 7 nm away

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 22, 2010, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=78005. 7 KB in all.

- Foreign Accident Statement (item 1, .PDF, 7 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40341070&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Foreign%20Accident%20Statement-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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