# NTSB ERA14WA041: Cirrus Design SR22, N432BC, Freeport, Bahamas, November 10, 2013

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: November 10, 2013, 10:57 local (15:57 UTC)
- Place: Freeport, Bahamas
- Coordinates: 26.503533, -78.610257
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.5035&lon=-78.6103&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Initial climb: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 88410
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA14WA041
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/88410/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=88410
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14WA041

## Sequence of events

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

- [Initial climb: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22, 50 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md?model=2130001), [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)
- [Emergency descent: Off-field or emergency landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22, 31 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440/sequence.md?model=2130001), [All aircraft, 3,365 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440/sequence.md)
- [Emergency descent: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22, 113 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=2130001), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N432BC](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N432BC-2015-10-07), registration cancelled 2015-10-07, S/N 1193, built 2004 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR22 (NO SERIES)
- Registry model: [Cirrus Design SR22](https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr22) (registry code 2130001) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-550 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (registry code 17042, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1193
- Year built: 2004
- Airframe hours: 1615
- 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

## 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 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 20, 2013, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=88410. 77 KB in all.

- Foreign Accident Statement (item 1, .PDF, 77 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40404506&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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