# NTSB ERA14WA393: Cessna 340A, N340MM, Freeport, Bahamas, August 18, 2014

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: August 18, 2014, 10:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place: Freeport, Bahamas
- Coordinates: 26.594999, -78.790557
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.5950&lon=-78.7906&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach: Fuel exhaustion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/192)
- 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): 89902
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA14WA393
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/89902/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=89902
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14WA393

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach: Fuel exhaustion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/192) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 340A, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/192/sequence.md?model=2076405), [All aircraft, 804 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/192/sequence.md)
- [Approach: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341); cases with it: [Cessna 340A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md?model=2076405), [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: [Cessna 340A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440/sequence.md?model=2076405), [All aircraft, 3,365 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440/sequence.md)
- [Emergency descent: Aerodynamic stall/spin](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241); cases with it: [Cessna 340A, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241/sequence.md?model=2076405), [All aircraft, 1,529 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241/sequence.md)
- [Uncontrolled descent: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Cessna 340A, 14 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=2076405), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N340MM](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N340MM-2018-03-13), registration cancelled 2018-03-13, S/N 340A0635, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340A
- Registry model: [Cessna 340A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340a) (registry code 2076405) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 340A0635
- Year 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

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 4, 2014, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=89902. 53 KB in all.

- Memorandum for Record (item 1, .PDF, 53 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40416125&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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