ERA14WA393

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 340A · Freeport, Bahamas · August 18, 2014

Accident · FatalForeign investigation
Date
August 18, 2014, 10:00 local (14:00 UTC)
Place
Freeport, Bahamas
Injuries
4 fatal
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Approach
Aircraft
N340MMCessna 340A
Defining event
Approach: Fuel exhaustion
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
NTSB office
Eastern Region Aviation
Lead agency
Other
Case key
89902

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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
N340MM
Reported as
Cessna 340A
Category
Airplane
Serial number
340A0635
Built
1978
Damage
Destroyed
Flight
Business · Non-U.S., non-commercial
Operator
Aqua Sun Investments Inc
Registered owner
Aqua Sun Investments Inc
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Departed
OMN · Ormond Beach, FL
Destination
MYGF · Freeport
Flight plan
IFR
Airport
MYGF · Grand Bahama International

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

Docket · 1

The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 4, 2014, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 53 KB in all.