ERA14WA041

NTSB accident investigation · Cirrus Design SR22 · Freeport, Bahamas · November 10, 2013

Accident · FatalForeign investigation
Date
November 10, 2013, 10:57 local (15:57 UTC)
Place
Freeport, Bahamas
Injuries
4 fatal
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Initial climb
Aircraft
N432BCCirrus Design SR22
Defining event
Initial climb: Loss of engine power (total)
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
NTSB office
Eastern Region Aviation
Lead agency
Other
Case key
88410

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Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.

Aircraft

Registration
N432BC
Reported as
Cirrus Design SR22 (NO SERIES)
Category
Airplane
Serial number
1193
Built
2004
Airframe hours
1,615
Damage
Destroyed
Flight
Personal · Part 91
Operator
First Class Flyers LLC
Registered owner
First Class Flyers LLC
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Last inspection
Continuous airworthiness · April 16, 2013
Departed
Freeport
Destination
Freeport

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind
60° at 10 knots
Visibility
10 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
100 ft broken
Temperature
86 °F, dew point 84 °F
Altimeter
30.10 inHg
Observed at
MYGF, 7 nm away

Docket · 1

The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 20, 2013, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 77 KB in all.