- Date
- September 26, 2017, 18:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Bahamas
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3214XCessna 150
- Defining event
- Enroute: Unknown or undetermined
- Weather
- Day
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- FAA / AVP-100
- Case key
- 96197
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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.
Factual narrative
On September 26, 2017, a Cessna 150G, N3214X, went missing and was presumed to be substantially damaged. The private pilot and passenger were also missing, and presumed to be fatally injured. As of October 30, 2017, the airplane had not been found. A visual flight rules flight plan was filed for the personal flight, which departed from North Eleuthera Airport (MYEH), North Eleuthera, Bahamas, about 1830 universal coordinated time, was destined for New Port Nelson Airport (MYRP), Port Nelson, Bahamas.The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Bahamas Air Accident Investigation Department P.O. Box N-3727 Nassau, N.P., Bahamas Telephone: (242) 397-5513 Fax: (242) 327-2192 Email: baaid@bahamas.gov.bs website: www.baaid.gov.bs This report is for informational purposes, and only contains information released by the Commonwealth of The Bahamas.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3214X
- Reported as
- Cessna 150 (G)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15064614
- Engine
- Cont Motor O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- North Eleuthera
- Destination
- MYRP · Port Nelson
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- MYEH · North Eleuthera Airport, runway 07, 6,019 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Stall warning system
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 56
- Injuries
- Fatal
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 66 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 77 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.93 inHg
- Observed at
- MYNN